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Today in History: October 26th

───   08:00 Sun, 26 Oct 2014

Today in History: October 26th | News Article
Historical Events:

• 1657: The first pineapples are planted in SA.
• 1901: 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris.
• 1949: USA President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents.
• 1950: Mother Teresa founds Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India.
• 1951: Bishop Hamilton Mvumelwano, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and President of the SA Council of Churches, is born in Mount Ayliff, Natal.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1909: Gideon Roos, SA actor, broadcaster and co-founder of SAMRO (South African Music Rights Organisation), is born in Worcester, CC.
• 1918: Dr Anton Carlisle Hartman, SA musician and director, is born in Krugersdorp.
• 1939: Karel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born.
• 1954: Walt Disney's 1st television program, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC.
• 1962: Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why".

Sports:

• 1863: Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby.
• 1952: Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India.
• 1982: Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards.
• 1988: Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service.
• 1997: World Series: Fla Marlins beat Cleve Indians, 4 games to 3.


















Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba

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