October 26

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 26. From 1900 until now. October 26 is under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Hillary Clinton (1947), François Mitterrand (1916) and Keith Urban (1967). Several movies were released around October 26 over the years, such as Lazybones in 1925 directed by Frank Borzage and Battle Royale in 2000 directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
But much more happened on October 26 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Nauru - Angam Day
Austria - National Day: Anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality (1955)
Also see October 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
St. Quadragesimus
St. Rusticus
St. Gibitrudis
St. Fulk
St. Eadfrid
St. Demetrius (aka St. Dimitrios) of Thessaloniki
St. Cuthbert
St. Cedd
St. Alfred the Great
Roman festivals - first day of Ludi Victoriae Sullanae (until 1 November)
R.C. Saints - October 26th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints: St. Bean
St. Evaristus
St. Lucian
St. Albinus
St. Rogatian
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Events

2018 2018 Gaza border protests: Israel responds to 40 Palestinian rockets with 80 air strikes on what Israel states are Iranian and Hamas-controlled weapon factories in Gaza. An Egypt-meditated ceasefire is announced by Islamic Jihad soon afterward. (Reuters)
2017 Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections: Twitter bans all ads from Russian news agencies RT and Sputnik based on U.S. intelligence's conclusion that both attempted to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election on behalf of the Russian government. (Business Insider)
2016 Somali Civil War (2009–present): A militant group affiliated with ISIL seizes the coastal town of Qandala in the autonomous Puntland region. (Reuters)
2015 Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Turkey–ISIL conflict: Four Islamic State militants and two Turkish policemen are killed during a raid on a house used by militants in the city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. Four other police officers were injured. (AP via Fox News) (Reuters)
2014 War in North-West Pakistan: Pakistan's military claims to have killed 18 militants in air strikes near the Afghanistan border. (AFP via Business Recorder)
2013 War in Afghanistan (2001–present):: A gunfight between Afghan and foreign soldiers on the outskirts of the capital Kabul, kills at least one Afghan serviceman and injures a number of other soldiers. (Reuters)
2012 Latest round of sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims kill at least 64 people in western Burma; 3,200 Rohingya have been displaced. (CNN) (Al-Arabiya)
2011 2011 Syrian uprising: At least 17 people are reported dead in Syria, as fighting continues between the government and opposition groups. (CNN)
2010 ongoing
2009 President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali wins 90% of votes, his fifth term and a new five-year mandate in the country's general election. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (CBC)
2008 American commandos make a raid on a farm in Syria, across from Iraq. The Syrian government claims eight civilians killed.
2007 An explosion shakes the Mexican consulate in New York City. The explosion was caused by two thrown hand grenades aided by additional explosive material. 7 injuries were reported, with several windows blown out and debris entering the building. (WCBS)
2006 In Australia, Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly apologizes after a public uproar over his statement comparing women who did not wear the hijab to ampquotuncovered meatampquot. (BBC News)
2005 The American death toll in the Iraq war reaches 2,000.
2004 The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918.
2003 The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km?), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
2002 Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
2001 The USA PATRIOT Act becomes law.
2000 Sony Computer Entertainment introduces the Sony PlayStation 2 in the USA. The system can also play PlayStation games, and supports DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-ROM, and Dolby Digital media. Price is about US$300. Sales during the first week: 681,855.
1999 Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
1997 Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational
1996 The New York Yankees win the World Series for the first time since 1978, defeating the Atlanta Braves 3–2 to win the series in 6 games.
1995 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
1994 Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
1993 NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte
1992 The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
1990 William Anthony Odom, North Carolina 15-year-old, accidentally hangs himself staging a gallows scene at a Halloween party.
1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service
1987 Dow Jones down 156.83 points
1986 Into the Light closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 6 performances
1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Saint Louis Cardinals the 82nd World Series.
1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days.
1982 US budget deficit reaches more than $110 trillion for fiscal year 1982
1980 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41
1978 Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat named winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
1977 5th and final test of space shuttle Enterprise
1976 Trinidad and Tobago becomes a republic.
1975 Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball
1973 Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army
1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by US Park Service) begin.
1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
1970 Doonesbury comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers.
1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1968 1st European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy
1967 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
1966 US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die
1965 Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace
1964 Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
1963 US performs underground nuclear test at Fallon, Nevada
1962 Beatles tape Please Please Me andAsk Me Why
1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test
1960 AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins and announces franchises in LA and Washington DC for 1961
1959 First photographs taken of the far side of the Moon, by Luna 3.
1958 PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris
1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting.
1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution.
1955 1st edition of Village Voice (NYC) published
1954 Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine
1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m and 15 miles
1950 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
1949 US President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents.
1948 Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania.
1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
1944 The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends, as the Japanese fleet withdraws from the victorious American fleet. The Japanese lost 34 ships, including four carriers, three battleships, and forty cruisers.
1943 World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 ''Pfeil''.
1942 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1941 2nd meeting partisans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia
1940 The US P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
1939 Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service
1938 Du Pont named its new synthetic fiber nylon
1936 The first electric generator at Boulder Dam goes into full operation.
1933 French government of Serraut forms
1928 International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) formally established with the adoption of “Statutes of the International Red Cross”
1927 Duke Ellington sings Creole Love Song
1926 Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 Belga)
1923 Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote)
1922 Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini
1921 Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia.
1920 Álvaro Obregón is announced the elected president of Mexico.
1919 B C Hilliams musical Buddies, premieres in New York City
1918 Soldier revolt at Harskamp Veluwe
1917 Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military
1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control).
1913 Huerta elected President of Mexico
1912 Woolwich Tunnel under Thames opens
1911 Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
1909 Ito Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, was shot to death by Korean independence supporter Ahn Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
1905 Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
1903 Yerba Buena is first Key System ferry to cross San Francisco Bay.
1901 1st use of getaway car occurs after holding up a shop in Paris
1900 After 4 years of work, 1st section of New York subway opens
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Famous Birthday

Hillary Clinton: American attorney and First Lady of the...
François Mitterrand: French politician whose career spanned...
Keith Urban: New Zealander musician and noted spouse,...
Seth MacFarlane: American animator.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
CM Punk: American professional wrestler.
Jaclyn Smith: TV Actress.
Rita Wilson: American actress and wife of noted actor...
Dylan McDermott: American actor best known for his...
Catherine Barma
Antarès (astrologer)
Natalie Merchant: American singer-songwriter and pianist...
Sasha Cohen: American figure ice skater, an Olympic...
Alexandria Karlsen
Mahalia Jackson: New Orleans, Louisiana -- Gospel singer...
Primo Carnera: Italian boxer and actor (d. 1967).
Soko (singer)
Cary Elwes: British actor.
Ashraf Pahlavi: Iranian royalty, the twin-sister of the...
Pascale Ogier: Actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart...
Jon Heder: American actor.
Bob Hoskins: English actor and film director, known...
Salim Sdiri: French athlete, long jumper, of Tunisian...
Aaron Kwok: Hong Kong singer dancer and actor.
Patrice Carmouze: French journalist, television host and...
Baltasar Garzón
Schoolboy Q: Rapper.
Evo Morales: Bolivian soldier and politician 80th...
Michèle Bernard: French singer-songwriter.
Gilbert Rozon: Canadian impresario and founder of the...
Asin (actress)
Julian Schnabel: American painter director and...
Julie Boulanger
Richard Mallié
Roger Allam: English actor, known primarily for his...
Julien Arias
Georges Fenech
Monica Brant
Philippe Briand: French politician, a member of the...
Olivier Galzi
Steve Valentine: British actor.
Belchior (footballer)
Bernard Krief: French publicity director and business...
Lauren Tewes
Emilie Barrucand
Jackie Coogan: American actor, one of the most famous...
Rosemarie Dewitt
Michael Harding
Lazar Ristovski
Bootsy Collins: Funk musician, a bass virtuoso who has...
Maureen Teefy: American actress and singer.
Feliciano Omiles: Filipino healer who was born into a...
Giorgio Rognoni: Italian top soccer player.
Keith Hopwood: English singer-songwriter guitarist and...
Carolyn Wyeth: American artist and noted family, the...
Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Bruce Hammerslough: American astrologer, the co-founder of...
Mike Hargrove: American baseball manager, Indians.
Christine Citti: French actress, director and...
Cristian Chivu: Romanian footballer.
Mathieu Crepel
Henri Caro: St Jean Brevelay Journalist.
James Pickens Jr
François Duprat
Saigon (Vietnam)
Paul Farmer: American physician and humanitarian who...
Monta Ellis: American basketball player.
Jon Rodden: American military; joined the U.S.
Guy Sebastian: Australian singer.
Don Siegel: American director and producer (d....
Ted Demme: American film and television director...
Bob De Groot
Dennis Dunstan: Australian road manager of the musical...
Pascal Terrasse
John Robbins: American heir to the Baskin-Robbins...
Jacques Loussier: French pianist and composer.
Miikka Kiprusoff: Finnish ice hockey player.
Vincent Colonna
Danielle Polanco
Stephen K Robinson: Sacramento, California -- PhD /...
Andrea Bargnani: Italian basketball player.
Charlie Barnet: American saxophonist composer and...
Emmanuel Lafont: French Catholic clergyman, the bishop of...
Julian Bugier
Kelly Rowan: Canadian actress and producer.
Rafael Novoa (baseball)
André Desmarais
Darel Carrier
Ulrich Robeiri
Fabienne Larouche
Rod Hundley: American former professional basketball...
Joe Fulks: American athlete, who played pro...
John A Gronouski
John Krol: American Ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic...
Pierre Micaux
Paula Faris
Tom Cavanagh: TV Actor.
Tom Meschery
Hal Ozsan
Alfred Vogel
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Famous Deaths

Jacques Massu: French general who fought in World War...
Alma Cogan: English singer (Born 1932).
Keith Parkinson: American fantasy artist (Born 1958).
Akos Buttykai: Composer, dies at 64.
Bob Dellemijn: Lourdes-ganger / Franco-volunteer, dies...
Floris HL Prims: Flemish priest / Historian / archivist...
Arne Eggen: Composer, dies at 74.
N Kazantzakis: Writer.
Milan Stojadinovic: Premier of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at...
Agnes Miegel: Writer.
Deryck Victor Cooke: Composer, dies at 57.
Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano: Premier of Portugal, dies at 74.
Giovanni Benelli: Archbishop of Florence / Pope candidate.
John Woods Duke: Composer, dies at 85.
Laurie Langenbach: Author, dies at 37.
Sue Randall: Actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to...
Dottie Green: Female baseball player (Peaches), dies...
Jerome Andrews: US / French dancer / choreographer.
Laurel Cronin: Actor (Beethoven, Housesitter), dies of...
Absolutely Nobody [David Powers]: Washington lt-gov candidate, dies at 37.
H Hardenberg: Writer.
Rudi van Vlaenderen: Flemish actor / director / Poet...
Bernhard Heiliger: Sculptor, dies at 79.
Georgia Neese Gray: 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95.
Gordon Scarrott: Engineer, dies at 80.
Hans Walter Kosterliz: Biochemist, dies at 93.
Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor: Philanthropist, dies at 95.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: American feminist and suffragette (Born...
Marc Aurel Stein: Hungarian-born archaeologist (Born...
William Temple: Archbishop of Canterbury (Born 1881).
Canon Edwin Sidney Savage: English rector (Born 1862).
Hattie McDaniel: American singer and actress (Born 1895).
Harry Payne Whitney: American businessman (Born 1872).
Hirobumi Ito: Japanese Prime Minister (Born 1841).
Jozef Dowbor-Musnicki: Polish general (Born 1867).
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom: daughter of Queen Victoria (Born 1857).
Alexei Krylov: Russian engineer and mathematician (Born...
Ioannis Rallis: Prime Minister of Greece (Born 1878).
Lionel Halsey: British Royal Navy officer and courtier...
Alexander Gerschenkron: Russian-born economic historian (Born...
Wilhelm Freddie: Danish painter (Born 1909).
Bobby Avila: Mexican-American Major League Baseball...
Joe Cinque: Australian civil engineer murdered by...
George Swindin: English football player manager (Born...
Pontus Hulten: Swedish art collector and museum...
Tillman Franks: American songwriter (Born 1920).
Dr Arthur Kornberg: American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959...
Khun Sa: Burmese warlord (Born 1934).
Teel Bivins: American politician (Born 1947).
Delmar Watson: American child actor (Born 1926).
Glen ''Frosty'' Little: American circus clown (Born 1925).
Mbah Maridjan: Mount Merapi gatekeeper (Born 1927).
George Na'ope: American musician (Born 1928).
Romeu Tuma: Brazilian politician (Born 1931).
Arno Holz: German naturalist poet and dramatist.
Tutta Rolf: Norwegian-Swedish film and theatre...
Hattie McDaniel: Actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at...
Wilbert Harrison: American singer-songwriter and guitarist...
Bill Graham: German-American businessman (d. 1991).
Vincent Coleman: American actor (Born 1901).
Nikos Kazantzakis: Greek philosopher and author (d. 1957).
Louise Beavers: American actress and singer (d. 1962).
Hoyt Axton: American actor and country music...
Robert Gordon: Director / writer (Loveless), dies at...
Elizabeth Gunn: New Zealand soldier and pediatrician (d....
Igor Sikorsky: Russian-American aircraft designer...
Paul Pelliot: French sinologist and explorer (d....
Charles Comiskey: American baseball player and manager (d....
William Paley: CEO of CBS, dies at age 89 from a heart...
Movsar Barayev: Chechen militia leader (d. 2002).
Walter Gieseking: French-German pianist and composer (d....
Park Chung-hee: President of South Korea is assassinated...
Gus Mancuso: American baseball player coach and...
Oro : Mexican professional wrestler (Born...
Bidia Dandaron: Buddhist author and teacher in the USSR...
Hattie McDaniel: American singer and actress (Born 1895).
Herbert Stanley Oakeley: Composer, dies at 73.
Pontus Hulten: Swedish art collector and pioneering...
Victorin de Joncieres: Composer, dies at 64.
Horiboemi Ito: Prince of Japan, assassinated by a...
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