Jump to content

October 26: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[pending revision][pending revision]
Content deleted Content added
Line 7: Line 7:
{{Day}}
{{Day}}


i was bor on a day of which is called october 26, thats pretty owned right? im derfinaltly gona win angainst obama, hes gona get owned.
== Events ==
* [[740]] - An [[earthquake]] strikes [[Constantinople]], causing much damage and death.
*[[1640]] - The [[Treaty of Ripon]] is signed, restoring peace between [[Scotland]] and [[Charles I of England]].
*[[1774]] - The first [[Continental Congress]] adjourns in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
*[[1776]] - [[Benjamin Franklin]] departed from America for [[France]] on a mission to seek French support for the [[American Revolution]].
*[[1795]] - The [[French Directory]], a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
*[[1825]] - The [[Erie Canal]] opens - passage from [[Albany, New York]] to [[Lake Erie]].
*[[1859]] - The [[Royal Charter (ship)|Royal Charter]] is wrecked on the coast of [[Anglesey]], north [[Wales]] with 459 dead.
*[[1860]] - Meeting of [[Teano]]. [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], conqueror of the [[Kingdom of Two Sicilies]], gives it to King [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy]].
*[[1861]] - The [[Pony Express]] officially ceased operations.
*[[1863]] - [[The Football Association]] is formed.
*[[1881]] - The [[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]] takes place at [[Tombstone, Arizona]].
*[[1905]] - [[Norway]] becomes independent from [[Sweden]].
*[[1912]] - [[First Balkan War]]: The city of [[Thessaloniki]] is unified with [[Greece]] on the [[feast day]] of its [[patron Saint]] [[Saint Demetrius|Demetrius]]. On the same day the [[Kingdom of Serbia|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]] [[History of Brazil (1889–1930)#Brazil in World War I| declared in state of war]] with [[Central Powers]].
*[[1918]] - [[Erich Ludendorff]], quartermaster-general of the [[German Army (German Empire)|Imperial German Army]], is dismissed by [[Kaiser]] [[William II, German Emperor|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, [[USS Hornet (CV-8)|''Hornet'']], was sunk and another aircraft carrier, [[USS Enterprise (CV-6)|''Enterprise'']], is heavily damaged.
*[[1943]] - World War II: First flight of the [[Dornier Flugzeugwerke|Dornier]] [[Dornier Do 335|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]].
*[[1947]] - The British Military Occupation ends in [[Iraq]].
*[[1948]] - [[air pollution|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 [[neutral country|permanent neutrality]].
* 1955 - [[Ngo Dinh Diem|Ngô Đình Diệm]] declares himself Premier of [[South Vietnam]].
*[[1958]] - [[Pan American World Airways|Pan American Airways]] makes the first commercial flight of the [[Boeing 707]] from [[New York City]] to [[Paris, France]].
*[[1964]] - [[Eric Edgar Cooke]] becomes last person in [[Western Australia]] to be executed.
*[[1965]] - [[The Beatles]] are appointed [[British honours system|Members of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBEs).
*[[1977]] - The last natural case of [[smallpox]] was discovered in Merca district, [[Somalia]]. The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|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 [[Park Chung-hee assassination|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 command and control system of the [[London Ambulance Service]] fails catastrophically.
* 1992 - The [[Charlottetown Accord]] fails to win majority support in a [[Canada]] wide [[referendum]].
*[[1994]] - [[Jordan]] and [[Israel]] sign a peace treaty.
* 1994 - Announcement that [[Andrew Wiles]] correctly proved [[Fermat's last theorem]].
*[[1995]] - [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: [[Mossad]] agents assassinate [[Islamic Jihad]] leader [[Fathi Shikaki]] in his hotel in [[Malta]].
*[[1999]] - [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] [[House of Lords]] votes to end the right of [[hereditary peer]]s 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]].
*[[2001]] - The [[United States]] passes the [[USA PATRIOT Act]] into law.
*[[2002]] - [[Moscow Theatre Siege]]: Approximately 50 [[Chechnya|Chechen]] rebels and 150 hostages die when [[Russia]]n [[Spetsnaz]] storm a theater building in [[Moscow]], which had been occupied by the rebels 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]].
*[[2007]] - [[Apple Inc.]] releases its newest version of [[Mac OS X]].


== Births ==
== Births ==

Revision as of 00:49, 8 April 2008

Template:OctoberCalendar
October 26 in recent years
  2023 (Thursday)
  2022 (Wednesday)
  2021 (Tuesday)
  2020 (Monday)
  2019 (Saturday)
  2018 (Friday)
  2017 (Thursday)
  2016 (Wednesday)
  2015 (Monday)
  2014 (Sunday)

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 66 days remain until the end of the year.

i was bor on a day of which is called october 26, thats pretty owned right? im derfinaltly gona win angainst obama, hes gona get owned.

Births


Deaths

Holidays and observances