About October 26

October 26, 2025 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.

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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 114 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 26

  • 1597 –
    Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
  • 1776 –
    Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
  • 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.
  • 1813 –
    War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay.
  • 1861 –
    The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
  • 1881 –
    The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
  • 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.
  • 1917 –
    World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
  • 1936 –
    The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
  • 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.
  • 1955 –
    After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
  • 1968 –
    Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
  • 1985 –
    The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aborigines.
  • 1992 –
    The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
  • 1999 –
    Britain’s House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain’s upper chamber of Parliament.
  • 2000 –
    Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.
  • 2001 –
    The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
  • 2003 –
    The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acre, and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.

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