Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In October - 26
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1993 Absolutely Nobody, [David Powers], Wash lt-gov candidate, dies at 37 on October - 26. 
1994 Rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64 on this day in history.
1995 On October - 26 the CN commuter line between Montréal Central station and Deux Montagnes is reopened with modernized equipment. The new electric multiple unit trains, operating at 25 kv AC, replace aging equipment, some of it going back to the opening of the line in 1918.
1995 On October - 26 agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (8 not out in 1 inn for Pak 1956), dies
1996 On October - 26 gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80
1999 "Pinocchio" becomes the first animated classic to make its way to DVD on October - 26.
1999 Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament on October - 26.
2000 On October - 26 an Ilyushin-18 aircraft ploughs into a mountain in ex-Soviet Georgia, killing more than 80 people.
2005 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for Israel to be "wiped off the map" at "World Without Zionism" conference in Tehran, Iran, and condemns peace process on this day in history.
2005 The Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros in 4 games to win their first World Series since 1917 on October - 26.
2005 The U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 2,00 on this day in history.
2007 Apple Inc. launch the sixth major release of their Mac OS X operating system entitled, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on this day in history.
2010 Repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, have killed at least 240 people and forced hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate on October - 26.
2012 On this day in history 64 people are killed in West Burma after continued sectarian clashes
2013 St Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox to lead the MLB 2013 World Series 2-1 on this day in history.
2014 Dilma Rousseff is re-elected President of Brazil on October - 26.
2017 US President Donald Trump declares the opioid crisis a public health emergency on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history cremation ceremony for King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand held in Bangkok, a year after his death
2017 On October - 26 national Party of New Zealand found guilty of breaching copyright of rapper Eminem 's publisher and must pay $413,000 for use of the sing “Eminem Esqueâ€
2017 Explosion and fire at a fireworks factory in Tangerang, Indonesia kills 47 and injuries dozens on October - 26.
2017 On October - 26 oldest-known tsunami victim revealed by sediment discovered in 6,000 year-old skull by scientists near Aitape, Papua New Guinea
2017 Jacinda Ardern is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, becoming the world’s youngest female head of government on October - 26.
2018 On this day in history trump supporter Cesar Sayoc arrested for sending 14 pipe bombs to prominent US Democrats
2018 On this day in history irish singer Sinéad O'Connor announces she has converted to Islam
2018 On this day in history longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer
2018 On October - 26 rhine River in drought with lowest levels since 1920s forces German government to release oil reserves after barge shipments disrupted
2019 Raid by US Special Forces kills ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria on this day in history.
2019 On this day in history the Amazon Catholic bishops synod proposes that married men be ordained as priests, which would reverse the Church's centuries-old discipline of celibacy.
2020 On this day in history japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says the country will becomes carbon neutral by 2050
2020 On this day in history nASA confirms the existence of molecular water on the sunlit side of the Moon, near Clavius crater, at concentrations of up to 412 parts per million.
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