^B{^#!16!26 October^N! National Day of Iran and of Austria. Feast day of Saints Lucian and Marcian, St Bean, St Rusticus of Narbonne, St Eata, and St Cedd.
^B{1825^B} The Erie Canal, linking the Niagara River with the Hudson River, was opened to traffic. ^B{1860^B} Italian unification leader Giuseppe Garibaldi proclaimed Victor Emmanuel King of Italy. ^B{1881^B} The legendary 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' took place at Tombstone, Arizona. ^B{1905^B} Sweden and Norway ended their union and Oscar II, the Norwegian king, abdicated. ^B{1927^B} Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded the jazz classic, ^I{Creole Love Song^I}. ^B{1929^B} T W Evans of Miami, Florida, became the first woman to give birth aboard an aircraft. ^B{1956^B} The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency was formed. ^B{1965^B} Queen Elizabeth presented the Beatles with their MBEs at Buckingham Palace. ^B{1985^B} A US infant, known as Baby Fae, was given a baboon's heart to replace her malformed one.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Georges Danton, French revolutionary leader, ^B{1759^B}; Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist leader, ^B{1879^B}; Franτois Mitterand, French statesman, ^B{1916^B}; Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran, ^B{1919^B}; John Arden, English dramatist, ^B{1930^B}; Bob Hoskins, English actor, ^B{1942^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Gilles de Rais, French marshal, ^B{1440^B}; William Hogarth, English artist and engraver, ^B{1764^B}; Elizabeth Stanton, US feminist, ^B{1902^B}; Igor Sikorsky, US aeronautical engineer, ^B{1972^B}; Roger Hollis, British civil servant and alleged double agent, ^B{1973^B}.
