On Oct. 26, 1965, The Beatles received MBE medals as Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
Ten years ago
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that Israel was a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the map.” A 20-year-old Palestinian blew himself up in an open-air market in Hadera, killing five Israelis.
Five years ago
Saddam Hussein’s foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death for persecuting members of Shiite religious parties under the former regime. (The sentence was never carried out; Aziz died of a heart attack in June 2015.) Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant.
One year ago
Left-leaning Dilma Roussef was narrowly re-elected in Brazil’s tightest presidential election since its return to democracy three decades earlier. Serena Williams won the WTA Tour Finals for the third straight year and fifth time overall, beating Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 in Singapore.
— By The Associated Press
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