Today In History

Tue., Oct. 26, 1999

In 1825: The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.

In 1942: The U.S. ship Hornet was sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War II.

In 1949: President Truman signed a measure raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.

In 1972: National security adviser Henry Kissinger declared, “Peace is at hand” in Vietnam.

In 1977: The experimental space shuttle Enterprise glided to a bumpy but successful landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

In 1979: South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-kyu.

In 1984: “Baby Fae,” a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, Calif. (Baby Fae lived 21 days with the animal heart.)

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