Tukuk-OS📅 October 26
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on October 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2004 — Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.
Rockstar GamesGrand Theft Auto: San AndreasList of video games listed among the best
- 2001 — President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.
- 2000 — Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the president of Ivory Coast.
Robert GuéïLaurent GbagboList of heads of state of Ivory Coast
- 1994 — Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, settling relations between the two countries and pledging that neither would allow its territory to become a staging ground for military strikes by a third country.
- 1977 — Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.
- 1955 — Ngô Đình Diệm proclaimed himself president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam after defeating former emperor Bảo Đại in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
- 1921 — The Chicago Theatre (pictured), the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.
- 1906 — The Illinois Memorial, honoring Union army soldiers from Illinois who fought at the Siege of Vicksburg, was dedicated at Vicksburg National Military Park.
- 1905 — The Saint Petersburg Soviet held its first meeting, becoming the first elected body in Russia to represent workers.
- 1902 — A group of Russian explorers led by Baron von Toll left their camp on Bennett Island and disappeared without a trace.
Eduard von TollBennett IslandRussian polar expedition of 1900–1902
- 1892 — Ida B. Wells (pictured) began publishing her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020.
- 1871 — Liberian president Edward James Roye (pictured) was overthrown in modern Africa's first coup d'état.
- 1863 — The Football Association, world's first governing body of association football, was founded in London.
The Football AssociationSports governing bodyAssociation football
- 1813 — War of 1812: British forces and Mohawk allies under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American attempt to invade Canada.
- 1597 — Imjin War: Thirteen Korean ships commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-sin defeated a far larger Japanese invading fleet at the Battle of Myeongnyang in the Myeongnyang Strait.
- 1520 — Charles V was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1341 — The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos as emperor, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of John V Palaiologos, the heir to the throne.
Byzantine EmpireJohn VI KantakouzenosByzantine civil war of 1341–1347
Births
- 2004 — Patrick Dorgu, Danish footballer
- 2002 — Lee Eunsang, South Korean singer
- 1997 — Rhenzy Feliz, American actor and singer
- 1996 — Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast
- 1995 — Yuta, Japanese singer
- 1994 — Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
- 1994 — Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
- 1993 — Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player
- 1992 — Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player
- 1991 — Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress
- 1990 — Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
- 1989 — Dre Kirkpatrick, American football player
Deaths
- 2025 — Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor and musician (born 1955)
- 2021 — Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (born 1932)
- 2017 — Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (born 1941)
- 2015 — Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (born 1926)
- 2015 — Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (born 1937)
- 2015 — Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (born 1937)
- 2014 — Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (born 1923)
- 2014 — Mo Collins, American football player and coach (born 1976)
- 2014 — Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1942)
- 2014 — Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (born 1987)
- 2014 — Brian Moore, Australian rugby league player (born 1944)
- 2014 — Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (born 1961)
Observances & holidays
- Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
- Angam Day (Nauru)
- Armed Forces Day (Benin)
- Christian feast day:
Alfred the Great (Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Alfred the GreatCatholic ChurchCalendar of saints (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Amandus of Strasbourg
- Christian feast day: Beóán (Bean) of Mortlach
- Christian feast day: Blessed Celine Borzecka
- Christian feast day: Cedd
- Christian feast day: Cuthbert of Canterbury
- Christian feast day: Demetrius of Thessaloniki
- Christian feast day: Eadfrith of Leominster
- Christian feast day: Eata of Hexham
- Christian feast day: Pope Evaristus (Aristus)
- Christian feast day: Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
- Christian feast day: Quadragesimus
- Christian feast day: Quodvultdeus
- Christian feast day: Rusticus of Narbonne
- Christian feast day: Witta (Albinus) of Büraburg
- Christian feast day: Eastern Orthodox liturgics
- National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)
- Intersex Awareness Day
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