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Birthdays For October 26th

1963 - Natalie Merchant
1962 - Cary Elwes
1946 - Pat Sajak
1942 - Bob Hoskins
1883 - Napoleon Hill

Today in History

 

Lead Story

Shootout at the OK Corral, 1881

American Revolution

Benjamin Franklin sets sail for France, 1776

Automotive

"Outlaw" Sammy Swindell is born, 1955

Civil War

Rebel guerilla leader "Bloody Bill" Anderson is killed, 1864

Cold War

Diem declares himself premier of Republic of Vietnam, 1955

Crime

An abused wife gets revenge, 1948

An Ozzy Osbourne fan commits suicide, 1984

Disaster

Hurricane Mitch slams into Central America, 1998

General Interest

Erie Canal opens, 1825

Battle of Leyte Gulf ends, 1944

Infant receives baboon heart, 1984

Hollywood

Wheel of Fortune’s Pat Sajak born, 1946

Literary

Henry James and Edith Wharton begin corresponding, 1900

Music

Whitney Houston earns her first #1 hit with "Saving All My Love For You", 1985

Old West

The Earps shoot it out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, 1881

Presidential

George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act, 2001

Sports

Buckner lets ground ball roll through his legs, 1986

Vietnam War

Diem wins referendum in South Vietnam, 1955

Fire breaks out on U.S. aircraft carrier, 1966

Big battle begins in Tay Ninh Province, 1968

World War I

Brazil declares war on Germany , 1917

World War II

The United States loses the Hornet, 1942

Blast from The past

Bill Withers

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Alexander Graham Bell

 

 A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

Alexander Graham Bell

America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
Alexander Graham Bell

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Alexander Graham Bell

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.
Alexander Graham Bell

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Alexander Graham Bell

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
Alexander Graham Bell

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
Alexander Graham Bell

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Alexander Graham Bell

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