About October 26

October 26, 2021 is the 299th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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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 98 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.
  • 1859 –
    The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
  • 1861 –
    The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
  • 1881 –
    The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
  • 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.
  • 1917 –
    World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
  • 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.
  • 1921 –
    The Chicago Theatre opens.
  • 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”.
  • 1964 –
    Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
  • 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.
  • 1979 –
    Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
  • 1985 –
    The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
  • 1992 –
    The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.
  • 1995 –
    Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
  • 2001 –
    The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.

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