Today in History: October 26, Newborn receives baboon heart in experimental transplant
In the present day is Sunday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year In the present day in history On October Baby Fae a newborn with a severe heart defect was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda California She lived days with the animal heart Also on this date In the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia Related Articles Massachusetts Sen Ed Markey calls for campaign donations amid shutdown Money isn t there In the current era in History October Teapot Dome Embarrassment conviction Company recalls million pounds of barbecue pork jerky that may contain metal wire Massachusetts agency s partisan SNAP blame meeting ripped as Rep Clark calls it leverage Blood tests show highest levels of forever chemicals in those living near New Mexico plume In four lawmen including Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday exchanged gunfire with five outlaws killing three of them in the Shootout at the O K Corral in Tombstone Arizona In the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River In the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations giving way to the transcontinental telegraph The last run of the Pony Express was completed the following month In South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency Kim Jae-kyu In the New York Yankees became the first crew in more than a quarter-century to win three straight World Series championships beating the New York Mets in Event of their Subway Series In President George W Bush signed the USA Patriot Act giving bureaucrats unprecedented ability to search seize detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of practicable terrorists In a hostage siege by Chechen rebels at a Moscow theater ended with of the -plus captives dead largest part from a knockout gas used by Russian special forces who stormed the theater rebels also died In Amy Coney Barrett was approved to the Supreme Court by a deeply divided Senate installing President Donald Trump s nominee days before the U S general polling In Israel launched predawn airstrikes against military targets in Iran in retaliation for a barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel on Oct It was the first time Israel s military had openly attacked Iran In the modern day s Birthdays Musician Milton Nascimento is Actor Jaclyn Smith is TV host Pat Sajak is Politician diplomat and former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is Musician Bootsy Collins is Artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel is Actor James Pickens Jr is Actor-singer Rita Wilson is Actor Dylan McDermott is Actor Cary Elwes is Singer Natalie Merchant is Country singer Keith Urban is Actor Tom Cavanagh is Writer-producer Seth MacFarlane TV Family Guy is Actor Florence Kasumba is Actor Jon Heder is Actor Folake Olowofoyeku foh-LAH -kay oh-low-wow-foh-YAY -koo is Rapper Schoolboy Q is
