About October 26
October 26, 2024 is the 300th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Scorpio is the sun 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 95 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 26
- 306 –Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
- 1775 –King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
- 1811 –The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
- 1813 –War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay.
- 1859 –The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
- 1881 –The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
- 1905 –Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
- 1909 –Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, was shot to death by Korean independence supporter Ahn Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
- 1912 –First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
- 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.
- 1942 –World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged.
- 1943 –World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 “Pfeil”.
- 1947 –The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
- 1955 –After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
- 1967 –Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
- 1977 –The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
- 1984 –“Baby Fae” receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
- 1985 –The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
- 2002 –Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
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