Today in Military History:
October 26
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1813 | Battle of Chateaugay River. Americans storm Canadian positions but were repulsed with heavy casualties. |
| | 1881 | Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Arizona. |
| | 1942 | Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. Attack on Japanese resulted in loss of U.S.S. Hornet and heavy damage to U.S.S. Enterprise. Americans were suddenly without a carrier in the Pacific. |
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