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26th October

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining.

Events

740 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death.
1863 - The Football Association is formed
1863 - International Federation of the Red Cross is formed
1881 - The Gunfight at the O. K. Corral
1905 - Norway becomes independent from Sweden
1936 - The first generator goes online at Boulder Dam.
1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf ends
1948 - Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania.
1955 - Ngo Dinh Diem declares himself Premier of South Vietnam
1965 - The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs)
1976 - Transkei declares its "independence" from South Africa
1978 - Independent Counsel Act signed into law
1984 - "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon
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.
1999 - Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament
2001 - The United States passes the controversial USA Patriot Act into law.
2002 - Moscow Theater Siege ends: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian commandos storm the House of Culture theater in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels three days before.

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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