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

  • 306 –
    Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
  • 1640 –
    The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
  • 1774 –
    The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • 1859 –
    The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
  • 1860 –
    Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
  • 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: 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.
  • 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.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 “Pfeil”.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
  • 1955 –
    Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
  • 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.
  • 1994 –
    Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
  • 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.
  • 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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