October 26
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October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 968 - Emperor Kazan of Japan (d. 1008)
- 1427 – Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)
- 1431 - Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian nobleman (d. 1505)
- 1473 - Friedrich of Saxony, German nobleman (d. 1510)
- 1491 – Zhengde, Chinese Emperor (d. 1521)
- 1609 - William Sprague, English-born co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
- 1673 - Dmitrie Cantemir, Moldovan prince and polymath (d. 1723)
- 1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
- 1685 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
- 1694 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)
- 1697 – John Peter Zenger, German-American journalist, publisher and editor (d. 1746)
- 1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823)
- 1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
- 1794 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881) (Nov 6 in Gregorian calendar)
- 1800 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
- 1802 – King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)
- 1803 - Joseph Hansom, English architect and inventor (d. 1882)
- 1842 – Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
- 1849 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (d. 1917)
- 1850 - Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian, archaeologist (d. 1909)
- 1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
- 1869 – Washington Luis Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (d. 1967)
- 1872 - Harold Fraser, American golfer (d. 1945)
- 1873 – Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
- 1874 - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American art collector (d. 1948)
- 1880 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
- 1881 - Louis Bastien, French cyclist (d. 1963)
- 1883 - Napoleon Hill, American writer and philosopher (d. 1970)
- 1890 - Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and freedom fighter (d. 1931)
- 1900 - Karin Boye, Swedish author (d. 1941)
- 1900 – Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan (d. 1983)
- 1902 - Beryl Markham, British aviation pioneer (d. 1986)
- 1906 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)
- 1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)
- 1911 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
- 1912 – Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)
- 1914 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1916 – Francois Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
- 1919 – Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah (ruler) of Iran (d. 1980)
- 1926 – Bernhard Klodt, German footballer (d. 1996)
- 1926 - Bo Carpelan, Finnish writer (d. 2011)
- 1930 - John Arden, British writer and dramatist (d. 2012)
- 1933 - Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
- 1936 - Shelley Morrison, American actress
- 1940 - Eddie Henderson, American jazz musician
- 1942 - Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942 – Bob Hoskins, British actor
- 1945 - Pat Conroy, American writer
- 1946 - Pat Sajak, American television host
- 1947 – Hillary Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State, and former First Lady of the United States
- 1947 – Jaclyn Smith, American actress
- 1947 – Christian Ude, German politician and Mayor of Munich
- 1949 - Steve Rogers, American baseball player
- 1951 - Bootsy Collins, American musician
- 1951 - Tommy Mars, American musician
- 1952 – Andrew Motion, British poet
- 1953 - Keith Strickland, American musician
- 1953 - Maureen Teefy, American actress
- 1956 - Rita Wilson, American actress
- 1958 – Shaun Woodward, British politician
- 1959 – Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
- 1960 - Carlo Lucarelli, Italian writer and journalist
- 1961 - Dylan McDermott, American actor
- 1963 - Natalie Merchant, American singer
- 1965 – Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress
- 1967 – Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
- 1967 – Douglas Alexander, British politician
- 1968 - Tom Cavanagh, American actor
- 1971 - Anthony Rapp, American actor
- 1971 - Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
- 1973 – Seth MacFarlane, American animator, producer and director, creator of Family Guy and American Dad
- 1973 – Austin Healey, English rugby player
- 1974 - Lisa, Japanese musician
- 1977 - Sarah Storey, British Paralympic swimmer and cyclist
- 1977 - Jon Heder, American actor
- 1978 – CM Punk, American professional wrestler
- 1979 - Movsar Barayev, Chechnen militant (d. 2002)
- 1980 – Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
- 1980 - Khalid Abdalla, British actor
- 1981 - Martina Schild, Swiss apline skier
- 1981 - Guy Sebastian, Australian singer
- 1982 - Nicola Adams, British boxer
- 1983 – Dmitri Sychev, Russian footballer
- 1983 – Luke Watson, South African rugby player
- 1984 – Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 – Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
- 1984 – Jefferson Farfan, Peruvian footballer
- 1985 – Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 - Asin, Indian actress
- 1985 - Kafoumba Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
- 1988 – Greg Zuerlein, American ice dancer
Deaths [change]
- 899 – Alfred the Great, Saxon king of England (b. 849)
- 1235 – King Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175)
- 1440 – Gilles de Rais, French serial killer (b. 1404)
- 1580 - Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (b. 1549)
- 1633 - Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)
- 1675 - William Sprague, English-born co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
- 1679 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman and dramatist (b. 1621)
- 1717 - Catherine Sedley, English royal mistress (b. 1657)
- 1764 – William Hogarth, British painter (b. 1697)
- 1773 - Amedee-Francois Frezier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682)
- 1806 – John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
- 1864 - William T. Anderson, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (b. 1838)
- 1890 – Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (Pinocchio) (b. 1826)
- 1896 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)
- 1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist, suffragette (b. 1815)
- 1909 – Prince Hirobumi Ito, former Japanese governor of Korea, and first Prime Minister of Japan, (assassinated) (b. 1841)
- 1931 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (b. 1859)
- 1932 - Margaret Brown, American philanthropist, socialite and activist (b. 1867)
- 1937 – Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general, commander of Greater Poland Uprising in 1919 (b. 1867)
- 1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Soviet/Russian children's writer, died in combat (b. 1904)
- 1944 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
- 1944 - William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1881)
- 1945 - Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1863)
- 1945 - Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)
- 1946 – Ioannis Rallis, Greek Prime Minister (b. 1878)
- 1947 – Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, Rector of Hexham Abbey and St Bartholomew the Great (b. 1861)
- 1952 – Hattie McDaniel, American singer (b. 1895)
- 1956 – Walter Gieseking, French conductor (b. 1895)
- 1957 – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b. 1883)
- 1957 - Gerty Cori, Czech-born American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1965 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
- 1966 – Alma Cogan, British singer (b. 1932)
- 1972 – Igor Sikorsky, helicopter pioneer (b. 1889)
- 1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea (b. 1917)
- 1983 – Alfred Tarski, Polish mathematician (b. 1901)
- 1984 - Marc Kac, Polish mathematician (b. 1914)
- 1989 – Charles J. Pedersen, American organic chemist (b. 1904)
- 1995 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter (b. 1913)
- 1999 – Hoyt Axton, musician (b. 1938)
- 1999 - Rex Gildo, German actor and singer (b. 1936)
- 2002 – Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
- 2002 - Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant (b. 1979)
- 2007 - Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
- 2007 – Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American scientist (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Tony Hillerman, American author (b. 1925)
- 2009 - George Na'ope, American musician (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Paul the Octopus, FIFA World Cup 'oracle' (b. 2008)
- 2011 – Jona Senilagakali, Fijian politician, diplomat and physician (b. 1929)
Events [change]
- 1341 - The Byzantine Civil War of 1341 to 1347 begins.
- 1597 - Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin decisively defeats the Japanese navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships of his own.
- 1640 – The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of Scotland and England.
- 1689 – The Bill of Rights 1689 is recognised by Great Britain's dual monarchy.
- 1689 - General Enea Silvio Piccolimini of Austria burns down Skopje, in the present-day Republic of Macedonia.
- 1774 - The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1775 - George III of Great Britain and Ireland authorises military force against the American colonies.
- 1776 - Benjamin Franklin leaves the United States for France to seek French support for the American Revolutionary War.
- 1825 – The Erie Canal opens, linking Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
- 1859 - British clipper Royal Charter gets into a storm of the island of Anglesey, Wales, being thrown against rocks before sinking, killing 449 people, including all the women and children on board.
- 1861 - The US Pony Express officially ends operations.
- 1863 - The English Football Association is founded.
- 1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place in Tombstone, Arizona.
- 1896 – Addis Ababa agreement forces Italy to recognise Ethiopia's independence.
- 1905 – Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
- 1909 – Japanese Governor of Korea, Hirobumi Ito is shot dead by Korean nationalist Ahn Jung-geun in Harbin, Manchuria.
- 1912 - First Balkan War: Thessaloniki officially unites with Greece.
- 1917 - World War I: In the Battle of Caporetto, Italy is decisively defeated by forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany.
- 1917 - World War I: Brazil declares a state of war against the Central Powers.
- 1918 - General Erich Ludendorff is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to take part in peace negotiations.
- 1921 - The Chicago Theatre opens.
- 1936 - The first electric generator at the Hoover Dam, on the Arizona-Nevada border, goes into full operation.
- 1942 - World War II: Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Guadalcanal campaign, ending in Japanese victory.
- 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends in US victory.
- 1947 - The Maharaja, state ruler, of Kashmir & Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
- 1951 - Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a second time.
- 1955 – Austria declares permanent neutrality.
- 1955 – Ngo Dinh Diem declares himself leader of South Vietnam.
- 1958 - Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
- 1964 - Eric Edgar Cooke is the last person to be executed in Western Australia.
- 1967 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, ruler of Iran, officially has himself crowned.
- 1968 - Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
- 1977 - The last natural case of Smallpox is discovered in Somalia.
- 1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is murdered by Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes acting President.
- 1984 – The film Terminator, directed by James Cameron, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, is released.
- 1985 – Uluru (Ayers Rock) is returned to Pitjantjiara Aborigines.
- 1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
- 1995 – An avalanche hits the village of Flateyri, in Iceland's West Fjords, killing 20 people.
- 1997 - Canadian Jacques Villeneuve becomes the Formula One world champion.
- 2000 – Laurent Gbagbo becomes President of the Ivory Coast.
- 2001 - The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2002 – Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian security forces storm a theatre building in Moscow, which had been occupied by terrorists for three days.
- 2003 – The Cedar fire occurs in California, killing 15 people, destroying 1, 000 square kilometres of forests, and 2,200 homes around San Diego.
- 2012 - Media tycoon and former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of tax fraud.
Observances [change]
- National Holiday in Austria
