Today in History: October 26

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On October 26, 1951, Winston Churchill was appointed British Prime Minister for a second time after his conservative party narrowly won the election.

The results flashed onto a screen in Trafalgar Square as huge crowds cheered.

In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was assassinated by his lifelong friend Kim Jae-gyu, who was head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, who was sentenced to death for his actions.

Weeping mourners paid their condolences before a portrait of late President Park Chung-hee.

By the time of his assassination, Park had exercised dictatorial power over South Korea for nearly 18 years.

In 1970 following an absence of more than three years, American boxer Muhammad Ali returned to the ring, defeating Jerry Quarry.

Ali, who is seen training ahead of the highly anticipated and most watched matches, had been barred from fighting after he refused to be inducted into the United States Army during the Vietnam war.

By the third round Ali had won the fight through a technical knockout.

Action thriller The Terminator was released in the United States in 1984. Hugely successful, it made actor Arnold Schwarzenegger a star and established director James Cameron as a bankable filmmaker.

2005 saw the Chicago White Sox defeat the Houston Astros to win the team’s first World Series title since 1917.

Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen showed off the team’s 2005 World Series trophy at a news conference in Caracas days later. The White Sox swept off the Houston Astros in four games to earn their first World Series title in 88 years.

In 2013, the world record for the largest harp ensemble was set in Paraguay. Musicians played their harps as a judge from Guinness of Latin America, Ralph Hannah confirmed the new record of 420 harps.