What are the important events that happened on October 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 26: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 26 is the 299^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 13, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,288 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontaenneagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 114 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,692 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 26 Historical Events

• 1860 –
  Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
• 1881 –
  The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
• 1905 –
  Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
• 1917 –
  World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
• 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.
• 1940 –
  The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
• 1943 –
  World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 “Pfeil”.
• 1944 –
  World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
• 1955 –
  After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
• 1958 –
  Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.

Who were born on October 26?

• 1873 –
  Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
• 1916 –
  François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
• 1956 –
  Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman
• 1959 –
  Andreas Hinze, German footballer
• 1960 –
  Patrick Breen, American actor
• 1963 –
  Ted Demme, American film and television director (d. 2002)
• 1966 –
  Steve Valentine, British actor
• 1971 –
  Jim Butcher, American author
• 1976 –
  Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player
• 1980 –
  Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer

Who died on October 26?

• 1931 –
  Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)
• 1941 –
  Arkady Gaidar, Russian children’s writer (b. 1904)
• 1947 –
  Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)
• 1949 –
  Lionel Halsey, British Royal Navy officer and courtier (b. 1872)
• 1957 –
  Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b. 1883)
• 1965 –
  Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
• 1978 –
  Alexander Gerschenkron, Russian-born economic historian (b. 1904)
• 1979 –
  Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea (b. 1917)
• 2004 –
  Bobby Avila, Mexican-American Major League Baseball player (b. 1924)
• 2005 –
  Keith Parkinson, American fantasy artist (b. 1958)