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What happened in history on this day: October 26?
On October 26 in ...
- 1964 - The Rolling Stones rock group appears on the The Ed Sullivan Show.
- 1965 - The Beatles receive Member of the British Empire medals at Buckingham Palace.
- 1974 - The music trade weekly Billboard launches its Dance Music charts. First #1 song was "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor which stays on top for 4 weeks.
Births on October 26
- 1911 - Birth of Mahalia Jackson in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; gospel singer ("Whole World in his Hands", Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1913 - Birth of Charlie Barnet in New York City, New York, USA; big band leader, saxophonist ("Cherokee").
- 1936 - Birth of Bruce Belland in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer (Tim Conway Hour).
- 1951 - Birth of Bootsy Collins in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; rocker (Parliaments - "We Got the Funk").
- 1951 - Birth of Maggie Roche; singer (The Roches).
- 1953 - Birth of Julian Keith Strickland; drummer/guitarist (B-52's - "Rock Lobster").
- 1978 - Birth of Mark Barry; singer (BBMak).
- 1981 - Birth of Guy Sebastian; singer (Australian Idol TV show (2003)).
Deaths on October 26
- 1994 - Death of Wilbert Harrison at age 65 of a stroke in a nursing home in Spencer, North Carolina, USA; singer ("Kansas City" (1959), "Let's Work Together" (1969)).
- 1999 - Death of Hoyt Axton at age 61 after a heart attack; singer/songwriter ("Greenback Dollar", "Never Been to Spain", "Joy To The World"), actor (Bonanza TV show, I Dream of Jeannie, McCloud, Diff'rent Strokes, Murder She Wrote, WKRP).
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