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 299th 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, 1,761,436,800 seconds 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.
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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.
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October 26 Historical Events
- 306 –Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
- 1640 –The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
- 1795 –The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
- 1811 –The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
- 1881 –The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
- 1917 –World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
- 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.
- 1994 –Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
- 2000 –Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.
Who were born on October 26?
- 1800 –Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
- 1880 –Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
- 1916 –Boyd Wagner, First USAAF fighter ace of World War II (d. 1942)
- 1942 –Zdenko Runjić, Croatian composor (d. 2004)
- 1945 –Pat Conroy, American writer
- 1951 –Julian Schnabel, American filmmaker
- 1953 –Rosa Monckton, English fundraiser
- 1960 –Patrick Breen, American actor
- 1970 –Dian Bachar, American actor
- 1974 –Lisa, Japanese musician
Who died on October 26?
- 1803 –Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721)
- 1817 –Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727)
- 1930 –Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Jewish bacteriologist (b. 1860)
- 1957 –Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b. 1883)
- 1963 –Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand paediatrician (b. 1879)
- 1978 –Alexander Gerschenkron, Russian-born economic historian (b. 1904)
- 1984 –Gus Mancuso, baseball player (b. 1905)
- 1995 –Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (b. 1909)
- 2002 –Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
- 2005 –Keith Parkinson, American fantasy artist (b. 1958)
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