Today is Wednesday, Oct. 26, the 299th day of 2005. There are 66 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 26, the 299th day of 2005. There are 66 days left in the year. On this date in 1881, the "Gunfight at the OK Corral" takes place in Tombstone, Ariz., as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and "Doc" Holliday confront Ike Clanton's gang. Three members of Clanton's gang are killed; Earp's brothers are wounded.
In 1825, the Erie Canal opens in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River. In 1942, the U.S. ship Hornet is sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War II. In 1957, the Soviet Union announces that defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov has been relieved of his duties. In 1958, Pan American Airways flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours and 41 minutes. In 1967, the Shah of Iran crowns himself and his queen after 26 years on the Peacock Throne. In 1972, national security adviser Henry Kissinger declares, "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam. In 1975, Anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.
October 26, 1980: There is a well-organized and growing effort by a group of Mercer countians to take over the Columbia Theater on West State Street in Sharon and convert it into "The Columbia Theater for the Performing Arts."
Lawrence County commissioners, who instituted a $5 per capita tax for the first time in 1980, may drop the tax in 1981; the board is looking for new revenue that would make up the loss.
Some members of the Warren Board of Education are joining an effort to block a computerized cost accounting system targeted to begin in Trumbull and Ashtabula counties.
A proposed 300-foot high observation tower is proposed as part of a hotel complex that Youngstown developer Andrew Burin is planning to build on Federal Plaza East.
October 26, 1965: At least 78 people who ate contaminated food at the Centro Hispano Moderno Club on N. Garland Ave. are treated for acute food poisoning at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Fourteen were admitted to the hospital, though none is listed in serious condition.
Three Youngstown streets that intersect the Wickliffe Expressway are closed permanently to through traffic. They are Argo, Brockway and Eddie streets.
Joseph Ungar, 68, one of the Mahoning Valley's leading meat packers and a leader in area Jewish affairs, dies in North Side Hospital.
October 26, 1955: McKay Machine Co. announces a $750,000 plan for its facilities in Youngstown that will boost production capacity by as much as 25 percent.
The Mahoning County CIO Political Action Committee declines to endorse any candidate in Youngstown's mayoral and city council races. In 1953, the CIO endorsed incumbent Mayor Frank X. Kryzan and six Democratic council candidates.
Free bus transportation will be available for shoppers coming to Youngstown for the second "Downtown Sale Day" sponsored by merchants of the Downtown Board of Trade.
October 26, 1930: Fumes from a gas stove kill Mrs. Mary Coyle, 84, and her son, John Coyle, 61, at their home at 827 Rose St.
Jim Jennings, alleged Niles political boss, is arrested in a bootleg house in Niles after he is said to have interfered with Officer Fred Henderson.
Knute Rockne's Notre Dame 11 ramble over the Pitt Panthers, 35-19, before a crowd of 73,000 in Pittsburgh.
Chaney High gridders defeat Rayen, 22-6, before a crowd of 7,000 at Rayen Stadium, but it is a costly victory as Chaney's plunging fullback, John Kabealo, suffered a season-ending leg injury.