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October 26

4 sourced moments from October 26 in history: The Erie Canal opened, transforming American trade (1825); Football's offside rule is as old as the game's first written laws (1863); The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place (1881), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on October 26

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1958 Technology · Transportation

Pan Am Launched the First Transatlantic Jet Service

When a Boeing 707 lifted off for Paris in 1958, it shrank the Atlantic and opened the Jet Age to ordinary travelers.

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1881 Society & Economy · Crime

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place

Thirty seconds of gunfire in a Tombstone lot in 1881 became the most famous shootout of the American West.

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1863 Sports · Football (Soccer)

Football's offside rule is as old as the game's first written laws

When the Football Association wrote its 1863 rulebook, offside was already in it - and far stricter than today.

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1825 Society & Economy · Trade

The Erie Canal opened, transforming American trade

When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, it cut a 363-mile shortcut through New York and reshaped the young nation's economy.

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