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What Happened on October 26th This Day in History

Year	Name
2017	At a level crossing of the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway line, a passenger train collides with an off-road truck of the Nyland Brigade in Raseborg, Finland; four people die and 11 are injured.[10]
2015	A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
2012	Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made available it on new PCs.
2004	Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.
2003	The Cedar Fire, the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
2002	Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
2001	The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2000	A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
1999	The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
1995	Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
1995	An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.
1994	Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
1991	Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
1989	China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after takeoff from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.
1985	The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
1979	Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
1977	Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
1968	Space Race: The Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.
1967	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
1958	Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
1956	Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
1955	After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
1955	Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims himself as President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam.
1947	Partition of India: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 and the Kashmir conflict.
1944	World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
1942	World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
1937	Nazi Germany begins expulsions of 18,000 Polish Jews.
1936	The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
1918	World War I: Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
1917	World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
1912	First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
1909	Japanese occupation of Korea: An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
1905	King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
1892	Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
1890	Malleco Viaduct in Chile, at the time "the highest railroad bridge in the world", is inaugurated by President José Manuel Balmaceda.
1881	Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday participate in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
1871	Liberian President Edward James Roye is deposed in a coup d'état.
1863	The Football Association is founded.
1860	Unification of Italy: The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.
1859	The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.
1825	The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
1813	War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia and Mohawks defeat the United States Army in the Battle of the Chateauguay.
1774	American Revolution: The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
1689	General Enea Silvio Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he dies of the disease soon afterwards.
1640	The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles I of England.
1597	Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
1520	Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
1377	Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
1341	The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.
1185	The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.

Famous People Born on October 26

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Year	Name
1803	Joseph Hansom, English architect and publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall (d. 1882)
1948	Toby Harrah, American baseball player and coach
1673	Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723)
1890	Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (d. 1931)
1987	Abudramae Bamba, Ivorian footballer
1988	Greg Zuerlein, American figure skater
1928	Francisco Solano López, Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011)
1900	Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan (d. 1983)
1925	Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007)
1958	Shaun Woodward, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Famous People Deaths On October 26

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 26. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1945	Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
2014	Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)
760	Cuthbert, archbishop of Canterbury
1932	Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
2002	Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
1941	Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
1866	John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
1946	Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
2011	Jona Senilagakali, Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1929)
1686	John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)