October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years A leap year is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, February in a leap year has 29 days instead of the usual 28 so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 3) in the Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas. There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 306 – Martyrdom The term martyr is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his or her life (or personal freedom) in order to further a cause or belief for others. In the past, it initially signified a witness in the forensic sense, a person called to bear witness in legal proceedings of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki was a Christian martyr who is said to have lived in Thessaloniki in the early 4th century. During the Middle Ages, he came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George. His feast day is 26 October for Christians following the Gregorian calendar and 8 November
• 740 – An earthquake An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude of an earthquake is conventionally reported, or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude, with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being strikes Constantinople Constantinople was the imperial capital (Gr: Βασιλεύουσα, Basileúousa) of the Roman Empire (330–395), the Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe, causing much damage and many deaths.
• 1640 Year 1640 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar) – The Treaty of Ripon The Treaty of Ripon was an agreement signed by Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Scottish Covenanters on 26 October 1640, in the aftermath of the Second Bishops' War. The Covenanters were associated with the promotion and development of Presbyterianism as a form of church government, as opposed to Episcopacy, favoured by is signed, restoring peace between Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland and Charles I of England Charles I, , the second son of James VI and I, was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March, 1625 until his execution on 30 January, 1649. Charles famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England. He was an advocate of the Divine Right of Kings, which was the belief that kings received their power from God and.
• 1689 Year 1689 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar) – General Piccolomini Enea Silvio Piccolomini was italian nobleman coming from a well known family from Siena in Italy, who served in the Habsburg army. He is known for leading a campaign against the Ottomans in Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia in 1689, and for setting on fire Skopje, the present day capital of the Republic of Macedonia of Austria burned down Skopje The fire started on 26.10.1689, lasted for two days, and burnt much of the city, except some stone-built structures, such as the fortress, some churches and mosques. The fire had disastrous effect on the city: its population declined from around 60.000 to around 10.000, and it lost its regional significance as a trading centre to prevent the spread of cholera Cholera, sometimes known as Asiatic or epidemic cholera, is an infectious gastroenteritis caused by enterotoxin-producing strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Transmission to humans occurs through eating food or drinking water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae from other cholera patients. The major reservoir for cholera was long assumed to be. He died of cholera himself soon after.
• 1774 Year 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – The first Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth-most-populous city in the United States.
• 1775 Year 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – King George III George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and prince-elector of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire until his went before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the Parliament of Great Britain, and then rejected the British monarchy itself to become the sovereign United States of America. In this period the colonies first rejected the.
• 1776 Year 1776 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his departed from America for France France (pronounced /ˈfræns/ or /ˈfrɑːns/; French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the Parliament of Great Britain, and then rejected the British monarchy itself to become the sovereign United States of America. In this period the colonies first rejected the.
• 1795 Year 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – The French Directory The Executive Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate. The period of this regime (2 November 1795 until 10 November 1799), commonly known as the Directory (or Directoire) era, constitutes the second to last stage of the French Revolution, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
• 1825 Year 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a man-made waterway in New York that runs about 363 miles from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. First proposed in 1808, it was under construction from 1817 to 1832 and officially opened on October 26, 1825 opens – passage from Albany, New York Albany is the capital of the state of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany is roughly 136 miles north of the city of New York, and slightly south of the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. The city sits on the Hudson River and has a major port. The Hudson River has been deepened so that ocean-going ships can reach the city to Lake Erie Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake (by surface area) of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario, on the south.
• 1859 Year 1859 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The Royal Charter The Royal Charter was a steam clipper which was wrecked on the east coast of Anglesey on 26 October 1859. The precise number of dead is uncertain as the passenger list was lost in the wreck, but about 459 lives were lost, the highest death toll of any shipwreck on the Welsh coast. It was the most prominent victim of about 200 ships wrecked by the is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey The Isle of Anglesey , (pronounced /ˈænɡəlsi/) an island and county off the northwest coast of Wales, with a predominantly Welsh-speaking population. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges spanning the Menai Strait: the original Menai Suspension Bridge (carrying the A5), designed by Thomas Telford in 1826; and the newer reconstructed, north Wales Wales /ˈweɪlz/ (Welsh: Cymru; pronounced /ˈkəmrɨ/ (help·info)) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union. Wales has a population estimated at three million and is officially bilingual, with both Welsh with 459 dead.
• 1860 Year 1860 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – Meeting of Teano Teano is a town of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 30 km north-west of that town on the main line to Rome from Naples. It stands at the south-east foot of an extinct volcano, Rocca Monfina. Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and had to flee Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and afterwards returned to Italy as a commander in the conflicts of the Risorgimento, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Victor Emmanuel II was the King of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. On February 18, 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy, a title he held until his death in 1878. The Italians gave him the epithet Father of the Fatherland (Italian: Padre della Patria).
• 1861 Year 1861 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The Pony Express The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the North American continent from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 1860 to October 1861. It became the nation's most direct means of east-west communication before the telegraph and was vital for tying California closely with the Union just before the American Civil War officially ceased operations.
• 1863 Year 1863 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The Football Association The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. The FA has a historic significance as the first ever national football association is formed.
• 1881 Year 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a gunfight that happened at about 3 P.M. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States. The famous gunfight did not actually occur at the O.K. Corral. It occurred in a 15-20 foot space between Fly's Lodging House and photographic studio, and the MacDonald assay house west of it takes place at Tombstone, Arizona Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by Ed Schieffelin in what was then the Arizona Territory. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 1,569.
• 1905 Year 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar) – Norway Norway (pronounced /ˈnɔɹweɪ/ ; Norwegian: Norge (Bokmål), Noreg (Nynorsk)) or Norga (North Sami), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty. The majority of the country becomes independent from Sweden Sweden (pronounced /ˈswiːdən/ ), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the Öresund Bridge in the south.
• 1912 Year 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar) – First Balkan War The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire. The combined armies of the Balkan states overcame the numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies, and achieved rapid success. As a result of the war, almost all remaining European territories of the: The capital city of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, is unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
• 1917 – World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany.
• 1917 – World War I:Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
• 1918 – Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
• 1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.
• 1940 – The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
• 1942 – World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged.
• 1943 – World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends.
• 1947 – The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
• 1948 – Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania.
• 1951 – Boxer Joe Louis comes out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano. However, Marciano would win the fight in eight rounds.
• 1954 – Trieste return to Italy.
• 1955 – After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
• 1955 – Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
• 1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
• 1959 – The world sees the far side of the Moon for the first time.
• 1964 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
• 1965 – The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs).
• 1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
• 1977 – The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
• 1978 – Independent Counsel Act is signed into law.
• 1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
• 1984 – "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
• 1992 – The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
• 1992 – The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Despatch, system which failed.
• 1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
• 1995 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
• 1999 – Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
• 2000 – Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï. Bret Hart retires.
• 2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
• 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.
• 2003 – The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.

Births

• 1427 – Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)
• 1473 – Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
• 1491 – Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)
• 1609 – William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
• 1673 – Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (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)
• 1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823)
• 1759 – Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
• 1768 – Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
• 1794 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881)
• 1795 – Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (d. 1872)
• 1797 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)
• 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 – Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
• 1849 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (d. 1917)
• 1854 – C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)
• 1865 – Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
• 1869 – Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (d. 1957)
• 1871 – Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (d. 1941)
• 1873 – Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
• 1874 – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, socialite and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1874 – Martin Lowry, British chemist (d. 1936)
• 1880 – Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
• 1883 – Napoleon Hill, American Writer and Philosopher (Think and Grow Rich)(d. 1970)
• 1883 – Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958)
• 1888 – Nestor Ivanovich Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader (d. 1934)
• 1899 – Judy Johnson Hall of Fame baseball player in the Negro Leagues (d. 1989)
• 1902 – Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994)
• 1905 – George Flahiff, Canadian Cardinal (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)
• 1911 – Sid Gilman, American football player (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
• 1911 – Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1915 – Joe Fry, British racing driver (d. 1950)
• 1916 – François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
• 1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Edward Brooke, American politician
• 1921 – George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (d. 1968)
• 1925 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Francisco Solano López, Argentine comics artists
• 1929 – Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1934 – Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster, Harmonia)
• 1936 – Shelley Morrison, American actress
• 1941 – Charlie Landsborough, Singer/Songwriter
• 1942 – Bob Hoskins, British actor
• 1945 – Pat Conroy, American writer
• 1945 – Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
• 1946 – Pat Sajak, American game show host
• 1946 – Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress
• 1946 – Keith Hopwood, British musician (Herman's Hermits)
• 1947 – Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State
• 1947 – Jaclyn Smith, American actress
• 1947 – Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
• 1947 – Ian Ashley, British racing driver
• 1948 – Toby Harrah, American baseball player
• 1949 – Steve Rogers, Major League Baseball pitcher
• 1949 – Antonio Carpio, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
• 1949 – Kevin Sullivan, American professional wrestler
• 1951 – Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk)
• 1951 – Julian Schnabel, American filmmaker
• 1952 – Andrew Motion, English poet and Poet Laureate
• 1953 – Rosa Monckton, notable charity fundraiser
• 1953 – Keith Strickland, American musician (The B-52's)
• 1954 – Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
• 1956 – Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman
• 1956 – Rita Wilson, American actress
• 1957 – Bob Golic, American football player
• 1959 – Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
• 1959 – François Chau, Cambodian actor
• 1959 – Paul Farmer, American Anthropologist
• 1959 – Brian Bovell, British actor
• 1960 – June Brigman, American comic book artist
• 1960 – Patrick Breen, American actor
• 1961 – Dylan McDermott, American actor
• 1961 – Gerald Malloy, American politician
• 1962 – Cary Elwes, British actor
• 1963 – Natalie Merchant, American singer
• 1963 – Ted Demme, American film and television director (d. 2002)
• 1964 – Thomas Cavanagh, Canadian actor
• 1965 – Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer
• 1965 – Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer.
• 1966 – Jane Hajduk, American actress
• 1966 – Steve Valentine, British actor
• 1966 – Jeanne Zelasko, American sportcaster
• 1966 – Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer
• 1967 – Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
• 1968 – Lisa Ryder, American actress
• 1970 – Dian Bachar, American actor
• 1971 – Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor
• 1973 – Seth MacFarlane, American animator
• 1973 – Taka Michinoku , Japanese professional wrestler
• 1973 – Austin Healey, English rugby player
• 1974 – LISA, Japanese musician
• 1974 – Raveena Tandon, Indian actress
• 1976 – Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player
• 1977 – Jon Heder, American actor
• 1977 – Bakar Ibor, Comorian footballer
• 1978 – Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
• 1978 – Mark Barry, English musician (BBMak)
• 1978 – CM Punk, American professional wrestler
• 1978 – Eva Kaili, Greek TV presenter and politician
• 1979 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant (d. 2002)
• 1980 – Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
• 1981 – Guy Sebastian, Australian singer
• 1981 – Sam Brown, American comedian
• 1982 – Adam Carroll, British racing driver
• 1983 – Dmitri Sychev, Russian football player
• 1983 – Francisco Liriano, Major League Baseball pitcher
• 1983 – Luke Watson, South African rugby player
• 1984 – Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
• 1984 – Martin Burke, Irish actor and actress
• 1984 – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
• 1984 – Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 – Amanda Overmyer, American Singer, American Idol (season 7)
• 1985 – Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
• 1985 – Monta Ellis, American basketball player
• 1985 – Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress
• 1988 – Greg Zuerlein, American ice dancer

Deaths

• 899 – Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (b. 849)
• 1235 – King Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1175)
• 1440 – Gilles de Rais, French serial killer (b. 1404)
• 1633 – Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)
• 1671 – Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
• 1675 – William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
• 1679 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621)
• 1686 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (b. 1623)
• 1717 – Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657)
• 1751 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (b. 1702)
• 1764 – William Hogarth, British painter (b. 1697)
• 1773 – Amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682)
• 1803 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721)
• 1806 – John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727)
• 1864 – "Bloody Bill" Anderson, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
• 1866 – John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (b. 1803)
• 1890 – Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (b. 1826)
• 1896 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)
• 1902 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist and suffragette (b. 1815)
• 1909 – Hirobumi Ito, Japanese Prime Minister (b. 1841)
• 1930 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872)
• 1931 – Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)
• 1937 – Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
• 1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (b. 1904)
• 1943 – Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-born archaeologist (b. 1862)
• 1944 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)
• 1944 – William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1881)
• 1945 – Paul Pelliot, French explorer (b. 1878)
• 1945 – Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1863)
• 1947 – Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)
• 1949 – Lionel Halsey, British Royal Navy officer and courtier (b. 1872)
• 1952 – Hattie McDaniel, American singer and actress (b. 1895)
• 1956 – Walter Gieseking, French pianist (b. 1895)
• 1957 – Gerty Cori, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1896)
• 1957 – Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b. 1883)
• 1962 – Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1965 – Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
• 1966 – Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
• 1971 – Vincent Coleman, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Igor Sikorsky, Kiev, Russian Empire (currently Ukraine) born inventor (b. 1889)
• 1978 – Alexander Gerschenkron, Russian-born economic historian (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea (b. 1917)
• 1984 – Gus Mancuso, baseball player (b. 1905)
• 1986 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897)
• 1989 – Charles J. Pedersen, American Nobel laureate (b. 1904)
• 1993 – Oro, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1971)
• 1994 – Wilbert Harrison, American singer (b. 1929)
• 1995 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Joe Cinque, Australian civil engineer murdered by Anu Singh (b. 1978)
• 1999 – Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2002 – Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
• 2002 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen terrorist (b. 1979)
• 2004 – Bobby Avila, Mexican-American Major League Baseball player (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Keith Parkinson, American fantasy artist (b. 1958)
• 2005 – George Swindin, English football player manager (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Tillman Franks, American songwriter (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947)
• 2007 – Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-American TV chef (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Tony Hillerman, American writer (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Delmar Watson, American child actor (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

• Roman festivals – first day of Ludi Victoriae Sullanae (until 1 November)
• October 26th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Saints:
  • St. Albinus
  • St. Alfred the Great
  • St. Cedd
  • St. Cuthbert of Canterbury
  • St. Demetrius (aka St. Dimitrios) of Thessaloniki
  • St. Fulk (Roman Catholic only)
  • St. Quadragesimus
• Austria – National Day: Anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality (1955)
• Nauru – Angam Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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