On this day: October 26

POSTED: 12:17 PM PDT Oct 25, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 25, 2012 

The Erie Canal opens, the Pony Express closes, Wyatt Earp shoots it out in Tombstone, "Baby Fae" gets a baboon heart, and the Patriot Act is signed into law, all on this day.

OTD October 26 - Sasha Cohen
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1984: Figure skater Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist and the 2006 U.S. Champion, is born in Los Angeles.

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