October 26 in history
Events on October 26
Notable events that happened on October 26 in past years.
- 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.
Wikipedia article: October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake - 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.
Wikipedia article: Cedar Fire - 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.
Wikipedia article: United Kingdom - 1994
Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
Wikipedia article: Jordan - 1979
Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
Wikipedia article: Park Chung Hee - 1967
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
Wikipedia article: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - 1955
Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims himself as President of the newly created Republic of Vietnam.
Wikipedia article: Ngo Dinh Diem - 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.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 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.
Wikipedia article: Erich Ludendorff - 1905
King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Wikipedia article: Oscar II - 1881
Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday participate in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Wikipedia article: Wyatt Earp - 1859
The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.
Wikipedia article: Royal Charter Storm - 1774
American Revolution: The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
Wikipedia article: American Revolution - 1520
Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman 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.
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