Today in History for Oct. 26: In 1774, the American Congress invited Canada to join the 13 colonies opposing Britain. In 1813, a small force of British and Canadian soldiers defeated an advance party ...

Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont... "Arthur is president now," declared James Garfield's assassin. A cog in the New York party machine, upon his presidency, Arthur revealed an ...

John H. “Johnny” Behan was born in October 1845 in Westport, Missouri. His maternal grandfather, Jack Harris, operated a boarding house called the Harris Inn & Tavern, (later rebuilt and called the ...