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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[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]]. *[[1341]] – The [[Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347]] formally begins with the proclamation of [[John VI Kantakouzenos]] as [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]]. *[[1377]] – [[Tvrtko I of Bosnia|Tvrtko I]] is crowned the first king of Bosnia. *[[1520]] – [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] is crowned as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. *[[1597]] – [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|Imjin War]]: Korean Admiral [[Yi Sun-sin]] routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the [[Battle of Myeongnyang]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – The [[Treaty of Ripon]] is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles I of England. *[[1689]] – General [[Enea Silvio Piccolomini (general)|Enea Silvio Piccolomini]] of Austria [[Skopje fire of 1689|burns down Skopje]] to prevent the spread of [[cholera]]; he dies of the disease soon afterwards. *[[1774]] – [[American Revolution]]: The [[First Continental Congress]] adjourns in [[Philadelphia]]. *[[1813]] – [[War of 1812]]: A combined force of [[British Regulars|British regulars]], [[Canadian Militia|Canadian militia]] and [[Mohawk people|Mohawks]] defeat the [[United States Army]] in the [[Battle of the Chateauguay]]. *[[1825]] – The [[Erie Canal]] opens, allowing direct passage from the [[Hudson River]] to [[Lake Erie]]. *[[1859]] – The [[Royal Charter Storm]] kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles. *[[1860]] – [[Unification of Italy]]: The [[Expedition of the Thousand]] ends when [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] presents his conquests to King [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy|Victor Emmanuel]] of Sardinia. *[[1863]] – [[The Football Association]] is founded. *[[1871]] – Liberian President [[Edward James Roye]] is deposed in a [[1871 Liberian coup d'état|coup d'état]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |trans-title=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|language=English |location= |isbn=9781461659310|page=90|publisher= Scarecrow Press}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Wyatt Earp]] and [[Doc Holliday]] participate in the [[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]] in [[Tombstone, Arizona]].<ref name="iketestimony">{{cite web|url=http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/clantontestimony.html|title=Testimony of Ike Clanton in the Preliminary Hearing in the Earp-Holliday Case|access-date=February 6, 2011|year=2005|editor-first=Douglas|editor-last=Linder|work=Famous Trials: The O.K. Corral Trial|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215162354/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/clantontestimony.html|archive-date=December 15, 2010}} From Turner, Alford (Ed.), ''The O.K. Corral Inquest'' (1992)</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Malleco Viaduct]] in Chile, at the time "the highest railroad bridge in the world", is inaugurated by President [[José Manuel Balmaceda]].<ref name="unesco" >{{cite web | url = https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1199/ | title= Malleco Viaduct | work = Entry on the UNESCO Tentative List | access-date = 2008-07-03}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Ida B. Wells]] publishes ''Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.'' ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – King [[Oscar II]] recognizes the [[dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden]]. *[[1909]] – [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese occupation of Korea]]: [[An Jung-geun]] assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea. *[[1912]] – [[First Balkan War]]: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje. *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: Brazil [[Brazil during World War I|declares war]] on the Central Powers. *[[1918]] – World War I: [[Erich Ludendorff]], quartermaster-general of the [[Imperial German Army]], is dismissed by [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II]] for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations. *[[1936]] – The first [[electric generator]] at [[Hoover Dam]] goes into full operation. *[[1937]] – [[Nazi Germany]] begins expulsions of 18,000 [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish Jews]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1938: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1938-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: In the [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]] during the [[Guadalcanal campaign|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. *[[1944]] – World War II: The [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] ends with an overwhelming American victory. *[[1947]] – [[Partition of India]]: The [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu]] signs the [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)|Instrument of Accession]] with India, beginning the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]] and the [[Kashmir conflict]]. *[[1955]] – After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the [[Austrian State Treaty|Austrian Independence Treaty]], Austria declares that [[Declaration of Neutrality|it will never join a military alliance]]. * 1955 – [[Ngo Dinh Diem|Ngô Đình Diệm]] proclaims himself as President of the newly created [[South Vietnam|Republic of Vietnam]]. *[[1956]] – [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]]: In the towns of [[Mosonmagyaróvár]] and [[Esztergom]], Hungarian [[ÁVH|secret police]] forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country. *[[1958]] – [[Pan Am|Pan American Airways]] makes the first commercial flight of the [[Boeing 707]] from New York City to Paris. *[[1967]] – [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] crowns himself Emperor of Iran. *[[1968]] – [[Space Race]]: The [[Soyuz 3]] mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous. *[[1977]] – [[Ali Maow Maalin]], the last natural case of [[smallpox]], develops a rash in Somalia. The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] consider this date to be the anniversary of the [[eradication of smallpox]], the most spectacular success of [[vaccination]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Why the Age of American Progress Ended |first1=Derek |last1=Thompson |date=12 December 2022 |access-date=22 December 2022 |page=30 |issn=1072-7825 |volume=331 |issue=1 |magazine=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/science-technology-vaccine-invention-history/672227/ |url-access=subscription}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Park Chung Hee]], [[President of South Korea]], is [[Assassination of Park Chung Hee|assassinated]] by [[Korean Central Intelligence Agency|Korean CIA]] head [[Kim Jae-gyu]]. *[[1985]] – The Australian government returns ownership of [[Uluru]] to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals. *[[1989]] – [[China Airlines Flight 204]] crashes after takeoff from [[Hualien Airport]] in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19891026-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-209 B-180 Hualien Airport (HUN)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> *[[1991]] – Three months after the end of the [[Ten-Day War]], the last soldier of the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] leaves the territory of the [[Slovenia|Republic of Slovenia]]. *[[1994]] – [[Jordan]] and [[Israel]] sign [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty|a peace treaty]]. *[[1995]] – [[Mossad]] agents assassinate [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] leader [[Fathi Shaqaqi]] in his hotel in Malta. * 1995 – An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of [[Flateyri]], destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timarit.is/page/1194992|title=Tímarit.is|first=Landsbókasafn Íslands-|last=Háskólabókasafn|website=timarit.is}}</ref> *[[1999]] – The [[United Kingdom]]'s [[House of Lords]] [[House of Lords Act 1999|votes to end the right]] of most [[hereditary peer]]s to vote in Britain's upper chamber of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]]. *[[2000]] – A wave of protests forces [[Robert Guéï]] to step down as president after the [[2000 Ivorian presidential election|Ivorian presidential election]]. *[[2001]] – The United States passes the [[Patriot Act|USA PATRIOT Act]] into law. *[[2002]] – Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops [[Moscow theater hostage crisis|storm a theater building]] in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before. *[[2003]] – The [[Cedar Fire]], the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes {{convert|250,000|acre|km2}}, and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego. *[[2004]] – [[Rockstar Games]] releases ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' for the [[PlayStation 2]] in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bellavista |first1=Paolo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0ErBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1200 |title=The Handbook of Mobile Middleware |last2=Corradi |first2=Antonio |year=2016 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4200-1315-3 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Microsoft]] made a public release of [[Windows 8]] and made it available on new PCs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windows 8's delivery date: October 26 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-8s-delivery-date-october-26/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}</ref> *[[2015]] – A [[October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake|7.5 magnitude earthquake]] strikes in the [[Hindu Kush|Hindu Kush mountain range]] in [[South Asia]], killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1416]] – [[Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (d. 1490) *[[1427]] – [[Sigismund, Archduke of Austria]] (d. 1496) *[[1431]] – [[Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara]], Italian politician (d. 1505) *[[1473]] – [[Frederick of Saxony (Teutonic Knight)|Friedrich of Saxony]], Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1510) *[[1483]] – [[Hans Buchner]], German Renaissance composer (d. 1538) *[[1491]] – [[Zhengde Emperor]] of China (d. 1521) *[[1518]] – [[John Basset (1518–1541)|John Basset]], Devonshire gentleman (d. 1541) *[[1529]] – [[Anna of Hesse]], princess of Hesse (d. 1591) *[[1551]] – [[Charlotte de Sauve]], French courtesan (d. 1617) *[[1556]] – [[Ahmad Baba al Massufi]], Malian academic (d. 1627) *[[1564]] – [[Hans Leo Hassler]], German organist and composer (d. 1612) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[William Sprague (1609–1675)|William Sprague]], English-American settler, co-founded [[Charlestown, Massachusetts]] (d. 1675) *[[1612]] – [[Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester]] (d. 1658) *[[1673]] – [[Dimitrie Cantemir]], Moldavian geographer, historian, and philosopher (d. 1723) *[[1684]] – [[Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin]], Prussian field marshal (d. 1757) *[[1685]] – [[Domenico Scarlatti]], Italian [[harpsichord]] player and composer (d. 1757) *[[1694]] – [[Johan Helmich Roman]], Swedish composer and academic (d. 1758) *[[1747]] – [[Ivan Mane Jarnović]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804) *[[1757]] – [[Karl Leonhard Reinhold]], Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1823) *[[1759]] – [[Georges Danton]], French lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Justice (France)|French Minister of Justice]] (d. 1794) *[[1768]] – [[Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko]], Polish general and politician (d. 1844) *[[1794]] – [[Konstantin Thon]], Russian architect, designed the [[Grand Kremlin Palace]] and the [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] (d. 1881) *[[1795]] – [[Nikolaos Mantzaros]], Greek composer and theorist (d. 1872) *[[1797]] – [[Giuditta Pasta]], Italian soprano (d. 1865) *[[1799]] – [[Margaret Agnes Bunn]], Scottish actress (d. 1883) *[[1800]] – [[Helmuth von Moltke the Elder]], Prussian field marshal (d. 1891) *[[1802]] – [[Miguel I of Portugal]] (d. 1866) *[[1803]] – [[Joseph Hansom]], English architect and publisher, designed [[Birmingham Town Hall]] (d. 1882) *[[1842]] – [[Vasily Vereshchagin]], Russian soldier and painter (d. 1904) *[[1849]] – [[Ferdinand Georg Frobenius]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1917) *[[1850]] – [[Grigore Tocilescu]], Romanian archaeologist and historian (d. 1909) *[[1854]] – [[C. W. Post]], American businessman, founded [[Post Foods]] (d. 1914) *[[1860]] – [[Frank Eaton]], American marshal and author (d. 1958) *[[1865]] – [[Benjamin Guggenheim]], American businessman (d. 1912) *[[1869]] – [[Washington Luís]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th [[President of Brazil]] (d. 1957) *[[1871]] – [[Guillermo Kahlo]], German-Mexican photographer (d. 1941) *[[1873]] – [[A. K. Fazlul Huq]], Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Pakistani Minister of Interior]] (d. 1962) * 1873 – [[Thorvald Stauning]], Danish union leader and politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] (d. 1942) *[[1874]] – [[Martin Lowry]], English chemist and academic (d. 1936) * 1874 – [[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller]], American philanthropist, founded the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (d. 1948) *[[1876]] – [[H.B. Warner]], English actor (d. 1958) *[[1878]] – [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]], American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gittelman |first1=Steven H. |title=Willie K. Vanderbilt II: A Biography |date=2010 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786458233 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGRkHyO2JDQC&pg=PR3 |page=12 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Andrei Bely]], Russian novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1934) *[[1881]] – [[Louis Bastien (cyclist)|Louis Bastien]], French cyclist and fencer (d. 1963) *[[1883]] – [[Napoleon Hill]], American philosopher and author (d. 1970) * 1883 – [[Paul Pilgrim]], American runner (d. 1958) *[[1884]] – [[William Hogenson]], American sprinter (d. 1965) *[[1888]] – [[Runar Schildt]], Finnish author (d. 1925)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=4816|title=Schildt, Runar (1888–1925) |website=Biografiskt lexikon för Finland|access-date=9 December 2022|language=sv}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]], Indian journalist and politician (d. 1931) *[[1893]] – [[Miloš Crnjanski]], Serbian poet and author (d. 1977) *[[1894]] – [[Florence Nagle]], English trainer and breeder of [[Horse racing|racehorses]] (d. 1988) *[[1899]] – [[Judy Johnson]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1989) *[[1900]] – [[Ibrahim Abboud]], Sudanese politician and general, 1st [[President of Sudan]] (d. 1983)<ref>{{cite book|title=Reference Library of Arab America: International Arab figures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cy0OAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-4176-4}}</ref> * 1900 – [[Karin Boye]], Swedish poet and novelist (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite book|author=Anne Commire|title=Women in World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i0MOAQAAMAAJ|date= 1999|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-4061-3}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Beryl Markham]], Kenyan horse trainer and author (d. 1986) * 1902 – [[Jack Sharkey]], American boxer and referee (d. 1994) * 1902 – [[Henrietta Hill Swope]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1980) *[[1903]] – [[Mahn Ba Khaing]], Burmese politician (d. 1947) *[[1905]] – [[George Bernard Flahiff]], Canadian cardinal (d. 1989) *[[1906]] – [[Primo Carnera]], Italian boxer and actor (d. 1967)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 26: Cary Elwes, Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-26-Cary-Elwes-Hillary-Clinton/8531666746222/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=23 October 2023 |date=26 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Ignace Lepp]], French psychologist and author (d. 1966) * 1909 – [[Dante Quinterno]], Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 2003) *[[1910]] – [[John Krol]], American cardinal (d. 1996) *[[1911]] – [[Sid Gillman]], American football player and coach (d. 2003) * 1911 – [[Mahalia Jackson]], American singer (d. 1972) * 1911 – [[Sorley MacLean]], Scottish poet and educator (d. 1996) *[[1912]] – [[Don Siegel]], American director and producer (d. 1991) *[[1913]] – [[Charlie Barnet]], American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991) *[[1914]] – [[Jackie Coogan]], American actor and director (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackie Coogan {{!}} American actor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jackie-Coogan |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=9 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Ray Crawford]], American race car driver, fighter ace, test pilot, and businessman (d. 1996) * 1915 – [[Joe Fry]], English race car driver (d. 1950) *[[1916]] – [[François Mitterrand]], French lawyer and politician, 21st [[President of France]] (d. 1996) * 1916 – [[Boyd Wagner]], American colonel and pilot (d. 1942) *[[1919]] – [[Princess Ashraf of Iran]] (d. 2016) * 1919 – [[Frank Bourgholtzer]], American journalist (d. 2010) * 1919 – [[Edward Brooke]], American captain and politician, 47th [[Massachusetts Attorney General]] (d. 2015) * 1919 – [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], Shah of Iran (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi {{!}} Biography, History, & White Revolution |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Sarah Lee Lippincott]], American astronomer and academic (d. 2019) *[[1921]] – [[Joe Fulks]], American basketball player (d. 1976) *[[1922]] – [[Madelyn Dunham]], American grandmother of [[Barack Obama]] (d. 2008) * 1922 – [[Fred Wood (actor)|Fred Wood]], English actor (d. 2003) *[[1923]] – [[Robert Hinde]], English zoologist and academic (d. 2016) *[[1924]] – [[Shaw Taylor]], English actor and television host (d. 2015) *[[1925]] – [[Jan Wolkers]], Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007) *[[1926]] – [[Panos Gavalas]], Greek singer (d. 1988) *[[1927]] – [[Warne Marsh]], American saxophonist (d. 1987) *[[1928]] – [[Francisco Solano López (comics)|Francisco Solano López]], Argentinian illustrator (d. 2011) *[[1929]] – [[Neal Matthews Jr.]], American country/gospel singer (d. 2000) *[[1931]] – [[Suhaila Noah]], Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 2014) *[[1933]] – [[Takis Kanellopoulos]], Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990) * 1933 – [[Andrew P. O'Rourke]], American judge and politician (d. 2013) *[[1934]] – [[Hot Rod Hundley]], American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015) * 1934 – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]], German keyboard player and producer *[[1935]] – [[Mike Gray]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) * 1935 – [[Gloria Conyers Hewitt]], American mathematician and academic *[[1936]] – [[Al Casey (rock guitarist)|Al Casey]], American guitarist (d. 2006) * 1936 – [[Etelka Kenéz Heka]], Hungarian writer, poet and singer (d. 2024) * 1936 – [[Shelley Morrison]], American actress (d. 2019) * 1936 – [[György Pauk]], Hungarian violinist and educator *[[1938]] – [[Tom Meschery]], Chinese-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Meschery |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77584/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Eddie Henderson (musician)|Eddie Henderson]], American trumpet player and educator * 1940 – [[John Horgan (academic)|John Horgan]], Irish academic and politician *[[1941]] – [[Steven Kellogg]], American author and illustrator * 1941 – [[Charlie Landsborough]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1942]] – [[Bob Hoskins]], English actor, singer, and director (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1942 – [[Milton Nascimento]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1942 – [[Zdenko Runjić]], Croatian songwriter and producer (d. 2004) * 1942 – [[Jonathan Williams (racing driver)|Jonathan Williams]], English race car driver and pilot (d. 2014) *[[1944]] – [[Jim McCann (musician)|Jim McCann]], Irish singer and guitarist (d. 2015) *[[1945]] – [[Pat Conroy]], American author (d. 2016)<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1945 – [[Demetris Th. Gotsis]], Greek poet and author (d. 2021) * 1945 – [[Nancy Davis Griffeth]], American computer scientist and academic * 1945 – [[Jaclyn Smith]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1946]] – [[Kevin Barron]], English electrician and politician * 1946 – [[Keith Hopwood]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1946 – [[Pat Sajak]], American journalist, actor, and game show host<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 26, 2022 includes celebrities Keith Urban, Seth MacFarlane |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-26-2022-includes-celebrities-keith-urban-seth-macfarlane.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=23 October 2023 |date=26 October 2022}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Holly Woodlawn]], Puerto Rican actress and author (d. 2015) *[[1947]] – [[Ricardo Asch]], Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist * 1947 – [[Ian Ashley]], German-English race car driver * 1947 – [[Hillary Clinton]], American lawyer and politician, 67th [[United States Secretary of State]] and 44th [[First Lady of the United States]]<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1947 – [[Reg Empey]], Northern Irish businessman and politician, [[Lord Mayor of Belfast]] * 1947 – [[Trevor Joyce]], Irish poet and scholar * 1947 – [[Kenzo Kitakata]], Japanese author *[[1948]] – [[Toby Harrah]], American baseball player and coach *[[1949]] – [[Antonio Carpio]], Filipino lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] * 1949 – [[Steve Rogers (baseball)|Steve Rogers]], American baseball player * 1949 – [[Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|Kevin Sullivan]], American wrestler and booker (d. 2024) *[[1951]] – [[Bootsy Collins]], American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1951 – [[Tommy Mars]], American keyboard player * 1951 – [[Julian Schnabel]], American painter, director, and screenwriter *[[1952]] – [[Bobby Bandiera]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 – [[Edward Garnier]], English lawyer and politician, [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]] * 1952 – [[Andrew Motion]], English poet and author * 1952 – [[David Was]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1953]] – [[Roger Allam]], British actor * 1953 – [[Tim Hely Hutchinson]], English publisher * 1953 – [[Joe Meriweather]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) * 1953 – [[Keith Strickland]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1953 – [[AAMS Arefin Siddique]], Bangladeshi academic administrator (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-Dhaka University VC AAMS Arefin Siddique passes away |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/people/376202/ex-dhaka-university-vc-aams-arefin-siddique-passes |access-date=13 March 2025 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Former DU VC Arefin Siddique passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/former-du-vc-arefin-siddique-passes-away-3847536 |access-date=13 March 2025 |work=The Daily Star |date=13 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ঢাবির সাবেক ভিসি আরেফিন সিদ্দিক মারা গেছেন |url=https://samakal.com/bangladesh/article/285348/%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8 |access-date=13 March 2025 |website=Daily Samakal|language=bn|trans-title=Former VC of DU Arefin Siddique passed }}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Vasilis Hatzipanagis]], Greek footballer * 1954 – [[Adam Mars-Jones]], English author and critic * 1954 – [[D. W. Moffett]], American actor and director<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1954 – [[James Pickens Jr.]], American actor<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1956]] – [[Stephen Gumley]], Australian engineer and businessman * 1956 – [[Rita Wilson]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1957]] – [[Bob Golic]], American football player and radio host *[[1958]] – [[Shaun Woodward]], English journalist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]] *[[1959]] – [[Paul Farmer]], American anthropologist and physician (d. 2022) * 1959 – [[Evo Morales]], Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th [[President of Bolivia]] *[[1960]] – [[Patrick Breen]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1961]] – [[Uhuru Kenyatta]], Kenyan politician, 4th [[President of Kenya]] * 1961 – [[Gerald Malloy]], American lawyer and politician * 1961 – [[Dylan McDermott]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1961 – [[Joey Salceda]], Filipino politician *[[1962]] – [[Cary Elwes]], English actor and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1962 – [[Jack Morelli]], American comic book professional and author *[[1963]] – [[Tom Cavanagh]], Canadian actor and producer<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1963 – [[Ted Demme]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 2002) * 1963 – [[Natalie Merchant]], American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1963 – [[Craig Shakespeare]], English football player ([[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]], [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]) and manager ([[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]) (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Leicester boss Shakespeare dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c727p2mmzxpo |website=BBC Sport |date=1 August 2024 |accessdate=1 August 2024 }}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Kikka (singer)|Kikka Sirén]], Finnish pop/schlager singer (d. 2005)<ref>[https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000002623441.html Muistot: Kirsi Kikka Sirén] – ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'' (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.aamulehti.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000007434585.html Kikka pääsee valkokankaalle – ”Toisille Kikka on edelläkävijä ja esikuva, toisille typerä mauton bimbo, joillekin uhri ja muistutus 1980-luvun arvomaailmasta”] – ''[[Aamulehti]]'' (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Kelly Rowan]], Canadian actress and producer * 1965 – [[Ken Rutherford (cricketer)|Ken Rutherford]], New Zealand cricketer *[[1966]] – [[Sverre Gjørvad]], Norwegian drummer and composer * 1966 – [[Masaharu Iwata]], Japanese keyboard player and composer * 1966 – [[Steve Valentine]], Scottish actor and magician<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1966 – [[Jeanne Zelasko]], American journalist and sportscaster *[[1967]] – [[Douglas Alexander]], Scottish lawyer and politician, former [[Minister of State for Europe]] * 1967 – [[Keith Urban]], Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1968]] – [[Miyuki Imori]], Japanese actress and singer *[[1970]] – [[Dian Bachar]], American actor, director, and screenwriter * 1970 – [[Lisa Ryder]], Canadian actress *[[1971]] – [[Jim Butcher]], American author * 1971 – [[Rosemarie DeWitt]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1971 – [[Audley Harrison]], English boxer * 1971 – [[Ronnie Irani]], English cricketer * 1971 – [[Anthony Rapp]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1972]] – [[Matsuko Deluxe]], Japanese journalist and author * 1972 – [[Daniel Elena]], Monegasque race car driver * 1972 – [[Raveena Tandon]], Indian actress, producer, and former model *[[1973]] – [[Austin Healey]], English rugby player and sportscaster * 1973 – [[Seth MacFarlane]], American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1973 – [[Taka Michinoku]], Japanese wrestler and trainer * 1973 – [[Róbert Petrovický]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Petrovicky |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/robert-petrovicky-8458946 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Florence Kasumba]], Ugandan-German actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1976 – [[Miikka Kiprusoff]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Miikka Kiprusoff |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/miikka-kiprusoff-8462147 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Jon Heder]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1977 – [[Marisha Pessl]], American author *[[1978]] – [[Sari Abacha]], Nigerian footballer (d. 2013) * 1978 – [[Jimmy Aggrey]], English footballer and actor * 1978 – [[Eva Kaili]], Greek journalist and politician * 1978 – [[Antonio Pierce]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Antonio Pierce |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2842/antonio-pierce |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> * 1978 – [[CM Punk]], American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1978 – [[Dave Zastudil]], American football player *[[1979]] – [[Movsar Barayev]], Chechen terrorist (d. 2002) *[[1980]] – [[Cristian Chivu]], Romanian footballer * 1980 – [[Nick Collison]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Collison |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2555/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Claire Cooper]], English actress * 1980 – [[Koichi Watanabe]], Japanese kick-boxer *[[1981]] – [[Sam Brown (comedian)|Sam Brown]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1981 – [[Martina Schild]], Swiss skier * 1981 – [[Guy Sebastian]], Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter * 1981 – [[Chou Ssu-Chi]], Taiwanese baseball player *[[1982]] – [[Nicola Adams]], English boxer * 1982 – [[Adam Carroll (racing driver)|Adam Carroll]], Irish race car driver *[[1983]] – [[Francisco Liriano]], Dominican baseball player * 1983 – [[Dmitri Sychev]], Russian footballer * 1983 – [[Luke Watson]], South African rugby player *[[1984]] – [[Sasha Cohen]], American figure skater * 1984 – [[Adriano Correia]], Brazilian footballer * 1984 – [[Mathieu Crépel]], French snowboarder * 1984 – [[Jefferson Farfán]], Peruvian footballer * 1984 – [[Amanda Overmyer]], American singer-songwriter *[[1985]] – [[Andrea Bargnani]], Italian basketball player * 1985 – [[Kafoumba Coulibaly]], Ivorian footballer * 1985 – [[Monta Ellis]], American basketball player * 1985 – [[Kieran Read]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1986]] – [[Ibor Bakar]], French footballer * 1986 – [[Jakub Rzeźniczak]], Polish footballer * 1986 – [[Marco Ruben]], Argentinian footballer * 1986 – [[Schoolboy Q]], German-American rapper<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1987]] – [[Abudramae Bamba]], Ivorian footballer * 1987 – [[Shawn Lauvao]], American football player *[[1988]] – [[Nosliw Rodríguez]], Venezuelan politician<ref name="CC">{{cite web|author1=Notitarde|date=7 December 2015|title=Resultados Electorales por el CNE en Cojedes|url=http://www.notitarde.com/Regiones/Cilia-Flores-gano-con-87585-votos-en-el-estado-Cojedes/2015/12/07/744094/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919033410/http://www.notitarde.com/Regiones/Cilia-Flores-gano-con-87585-votos-en-el-estado-Cojedes/2015/12/07/744094/|archive-date=19 September 2016|access-date=7 December 2015|language=es-ES}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Greg Zuerlein (figure skater)|Greg Zuerlein]], American figure skater *[[1989]] – [[Dre Kirkpatrick]], American football player * 1989 – [[Emil Sayfutdinov]], Russian motorcycle racer *[[1990]] – [[Mark Swanepoel]], South African rugby player *[[1991]] – [[Riho Iida]], Japanese model and actress *[[1992]] – [[Joseph Cramarossa]], Canadian hockey player *[[1993]] – [[Sergey Karasev]], Russian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergey Karasev |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203508/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Waqa Blake]], Fijian rugby league player * 1994 – [[Allie DeBerry]], American model and actress *[[1995]] – [[Yuta (Japanese singer)|Yuta]], Japanese singer<ref>{{cite web|date=24 October 2022|title=[공연뷰] NCT 127을 '+'만큼 더 알게 된, 4시간의 '질주'|url=https://digitalchosun.dizzo.com/site/data/html_dir/2022/10/23/2022102380036.html|access-date=23 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Rebecca Tunney]], English gymnast *[[1997]] – [[Rhenzy Feliz]], American actor and singer<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[2002]] – [[Lee Eun-sang (singer)|Lee Eunsang]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandnewmusic.co.kr/portfolio-item/leeeunsang/|title=Lee Eun Sang |publisher=[[Brand New Music]]|access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Molly Gibson]], American record holder for longest-frozen embryo to ever come to birth<ref name="embryo">{{cite news |last1=Ritschel |first1=Chelsea |title=Baby breaks record after being born from embryo frozen 27 years ago |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/frozen-embryo-record-molly-everette-gibson-b1764795.html |access-date=21 August 2024 |agency=[[The Independent]] |date=1 December 2020}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[664]] – [[Cedd]], English monk and bishop (b. 620) * [[760]] – [[Cuthbert of Canterbury|Cuthbert]], [[archbishop of Canterbury]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bellenger |first1=Dominic Aidan |last2=Fletcher |first2=Stella |title=The Mitre and the Crown: A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury |year=2005 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-9495-1 |page=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |language=en}}</ref> * [[899]] – [[Alfred the Great]], English king (b. 849) * [[930]] – [[Li Qi (Five Dynasties)|Li Qi]], chancellor of Later Liang (b. 871) *[[1111]] – [[Gómez González]], Castilian nobleman and military leader *[[1440]] – [[Gilles de Rais]], French knight (b. 1404) *[[1555]] – [[Olympia Fulvia Morata]], Italian-German scholar and educator (b. 1526) *[[1580]] – [[Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain]] (b. 1549) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[Matsudaira Tadayori]], Japanese samurai and daimyō (b. 1582) *[[1631]] – [[Michael Maestlin]], German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)<ref>{{NDB|15|644|645|Mästlin, Michael|Volker Bialas}}</ref> *[[1633]] – [[Horio Tadaharu]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1596) *[[1671]] – [[Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet]], English politician (b. 1593) *[[1675]] – [[William Sprague (1609–1675)|William Sprague]], English settler, co-founded [[Charlestown, Massachusetts]] (b. 1609) *[[1686]] – [[John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater]], English captain and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire]] (b. 1623) *[[1717]] – [[Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester]] (b. 1657) *[[1751]] – [[Philip Doddridge]], English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702) *[[1764]] – [[William Hogarth]], English painter and engraver (b. 1697) *[[1773]] – [[Amédée-François Frézier]], French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682) *[[1803]] – [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (b. 1721) *[[1806]] – [[John Graves Simcoe]], English general and politician, 1st [[List of lieutenant governors of Ontario|Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada]] (b. 1752) *[[1817]] – [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin]], Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727) *[[1864]] – [[William T. Anderson]], American captain (b. 1838) *[[1866]] – [[John Kinder Labatt]], Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the [[Labatt Brewing Company]] (b. 1803) *[[1871]] – [[Robert Anderson (Union officer)]], American general (b. 1805) *[[1890]] – [[Carlo Collodi]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1826) *[[1896]] – [[Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour]], French philosopher, academic, and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1827) *[[1897]] – [[John J. Robison]], American politician in Michigan (b. 1824)<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= October 28, 1897|title= John J. Robison Dead|url=https://aadl.org/node/566229 |work= Ann Arbor Register|publisher=[[Ann Arbor District Library]] |location= |access-date=December 28, 2023}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], American activist (b. 1815) *[[1909]] – [[Itō Hirobumi]], Japanese samurai and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)<ref>{{cite web |title=Itō Hirobumi {{!}} prime minister of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ito-Hirobumi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Akashi Motojiro]], Japanese general (b. 1864) *[[1927]] – [[Jūkichi Yagi]], Japanese poet (b. 1898) *[[1930]] – [[Waldemar Haffkine]], Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860) * 1930 – [[Harry Payne Whitney]], American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872) *[[1931]] – [[Charles Comiskey]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1859) *[[1932]] – [[Margaret Brown]], American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867) *[[1937]] – [[Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki]], Polish general (b. 1867) *[[1941]] – [[Arkady Gaidar]], Russian journalist and author (b. 1904) *[[1943]] – [[Aurel Stein]], Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862) *[[1944]] – [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1857) * 1944 – [[Hiroyoshi Nishizawa]], Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920) * 1944 – [[William Temple (bishop)|William Temple]], English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881) *[[1945]] – [[Aleksey Krylov]], Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863) * 1945 – [[Paul Pelliot]], French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878) *[[1946]] – [[Ioannis Rallis]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1878) *[[1947]] – [[Edwin Savage]], English priest and author (b. 1862) *[[1949]] – [[Lionel Halsey]], English admiral and courtier (b. 1872) *[[1952]] – [[Hattie McDaniel]], American actress and singer (b. 1895) *[[1956]] – [[Walter Gieseking]], French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895) *[[1957]] – [[Gerty Cori]], Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1896) * 1957 – [[Nikos Kazantzakis]], Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883) *[[1960]] – [[Toshizō Nishio]], Japanese general (b. 1881) *[[1961]] – [[Sadae Inoue]], Japanese general (b. 1886) *[[1962]] – [[Louise Beavers]], American actress (b. 1902) *[[1963]] – [[Elizabeth Gunn (paediatrician)|Elizabeth Gunn]], New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879) *[[1965]] – [[Murder of Sylvia Likens|Sylvia Likens]], American murder victim (b. 1949) *[[1966]] – [[Alma Cogan]], English singer (b. 1932) *[[1972]] – [[Igor Sikorsky]], Ukrainian-American engineer and academic, founded [[Sikorsky Aircraft]] (b. 1889) *[[1973]] – [[Semyon Budyonny]], [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1883) *[[1974]] – [[Bidia Dandaron]], Russian author and educator (b. 1914) *[[1976]] – [[Deryck Cooke]], English musicologist and author (b. 1919)<ref>{{Cite Grove |title=Cooke, Deryck (Victor) |last=Williamson |first=Rosemary |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.06395}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Alexander Gerschenkron]], Ukrainian-American historian, critic, and academic (b. 1904) *[[1979]] – [[Park Chung Hee]], South Korean general and politician, 3rd [[President of South Korea]] (b. 1917) *[[1984]] – [[Gus Mancuso]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1905) *[[1986]] – [[Jackson Scholz]], American runner (b. 1897) *[[1989]] – [[Charles J. Pedersen]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1904) *[[1991]] – [[Sherry Hawco]], Canadian gymnast (b. 1964)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sherry (Hawco) Delanty |url=http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/sherry-hawco-delanty/ |website=Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Oro (wrestler)|Oro]], Mexican wrestler (b. 1971) *[[1994]] – [[Wilbert Harrison]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1929) *[[1995]] – [[Wilhelm Freddie]], Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909) * 1995 – [[Gorni Kramer]], Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913) *[[1998]] – [[Kenkichi Iwasawa]], Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1917) *[[1999]] – [[Hoyt Axton]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938) * 1999 – [[Eknath Easwaran]], Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910) *[[2001]] – [[Hüseyin Hilmi Işık]], Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911) *[[2002]] – [[Jacques Massu]], French general (b. 1908) * 2002 – [[Sally Hoyt Spofford]], American ornithologist (b. 1914) *[[2004]] – [[Bobby Ávila]], Mexican baseball player and politician (b. 1924) *[[2005]] – [[Keith Parkinson]], American illustrator (b. 1958) * 2005 – [[George Swindin]], English footballer and manager (b. 1914) *[[2006]] – [[Tillman Franks]], American bassist and songwriter (b. 1920) * 2006 – [[Pontus Hultén]], Swedish art collector and curator (b. 1924) *[[2007]] – [[Nicolae Dobrin]], Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947) * 2007 – [[Friedman Paul Erhardt]], German-American chef and television host (b. 1943) * 2007 – [[Arthur Kornberg]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Medicine|Nobel Prize]] (b. 1918) *[[2008]] – [[Tony Hillerman]], American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1925) * 2008 – [[Delmar Watson]], American actor and photographer (b. 1926) *[[2009]] – [[Teel Bivins]], American lawyer and politician, 18th [[United States Ambassador to Sweden]] (b. 1947) * 2009 – [[Yoshirō Muraki]], Japanese production designer and art director(b. 1924) * 2009 – [[George Naʻope]], American singer and dancer (b. 1928) * 2009 – [[Troy Smith (businessman)|Troy Smith]], American businessman, founded [[Sonic Drive-In]] (b. 1922) *[[2010]] – [[Glen Little (clown)|Glen Little]], American clown (b. 1925) * 2010 – [[Mbah Maridjan]], Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927) * 2010 – [[Romeu Tuma]], Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931) *[[2011]] – [[Jona Senilagakali]], Fijian physician and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] (b. 1929) *[[2012]] – [[Mac Ahlberg]], Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Arnold Greenberg (Snapple)|Arnold Greenberg]], American businessman, co-founded [[Snapple]] (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[John M. Johansen]] American architect, designed the [[Morris A. Mechanic Theatre]] (b. 1916) * 2012 – [[Alan Kirschenbaum]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961) * 2012 – [[Björn Sieber]], Austrian skier (b. 1989) * 2012 – [[Alan Stretton]], Australian general (b. 1922) *[[2013]] – [[Ritva Arvelo]], Finnish actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Ron Davies (photographer)|Ron Davies]], Welsh photographer (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Doug Ireland]], American journalist and activist (b. 1946) * 2013 – [[Al Johnson (musician)|Al Johnson]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948) * 2013 – [[Andries Maseko]], South African footballer (b. 1955) * 2013 – [[Gabriel of Komana]] (b. 1946) *[[2014]] – [[Vic Allen]], English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Mo Collins (American football)|Mo Collins]], American football player and coach (b. 1976) * 2014 – [[Germain Gagnon]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942) * 2014 – [[Senzo Meyiwa]], South African footballer (b. 1987) * 2014 – [[Brian Moore (rugby league)|Brian Moore]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Newtown Jets legend Brian 'Chicka' Moore dies after long battle |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/newtown-jets-legend-brian-chicka-moore-dies-after-long-battle/news-story/b3e4c51b5e5ee391e934ae375056d9cd |work=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |date=October 27, 2014 |access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher)|Jeff Robinson]], American baseball player (b. 1961) * 2014 – [[Gordy Soltau]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Oscar Taveras]], Dominican baseball player (b. 1992) *[[2015]] – [[Willis Carto]], American activist and theorist (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Leo Kadanoff]], American physicist and academic (b. 1937) * 2015 – [[Giuseppe Nazzaro]], Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (b. 1937) *[[2017]] – [[Ali Ashraf Darvishian]], Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b. 1941) *[[2021]] – [[Roh Tae-woo]], South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/elections-presidential-elections-seoul-south-korea-roh-tae-woo-042d3b044e10680ebb2d7047fb952379|title = Ex-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88|website = [[Associated Press]]|date = 26 October 2021}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)|Accession Day]] ([[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]) *[[Angam Day]] ([[Public holidays in Nauru|Nauru]]) *[[Armed Forces Day (Benin)]] *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Alfred the Great]] ([[Catholic Church]], [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Anglican Church]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) **[[Amandus of Strasbourg]] **[[Beóán of Mortlach|Beóán (Bean) of Mortlach]] **[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Celine Borzecka]] **[[Cedd]] **[[Cuthbert of Canterbury]] **[[Demetrius of Thessaloniki]] **[[Eadfrith of Leominster]] **[[Eata of Hexham]] **Pope [[Pope Evaristus|Evaristus (Aristus)]] **[[Fulk of Pavia]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) **[[Philipp Nicolai]], [[Johann Heermann]] and [[Paul Gerhardt]] ([[Lutheran Church]]) **[[Saint Quadragesimus|Quadragesimus]] **[[Quodvultdeus]] **[[Rusticus of Narbonne]] **[[Witta of Büraburg|Witta (Albinus) of Büraburg]] **[[October 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|Eastern Orthodox liturgics]] *[[Culture of Austria#Public holidays|National Day]], celebrates the anniversary of the [[Declaration of Neutrality]] in 1955. (Austria) *[[Intersex Awareness Day]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://intersexday.org/en/|title=Intersex Day – Intersex Awareness Day, 26 Oct, & Intersex Day of Solidarity, 8 Nov|last=Carpenter|first=Morgan|date=2019-10-25|website=Intersex Day|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/26 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=26}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/26 |title=Historical Events on October 26 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:October 26}} [[Category:Days of October]]
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