Historical Events In October - 26

1993  Absolutely Nobody, [David Powers], Wash lt-gov candidate, dies at 37 on October - 26.   

1994  On this day in history rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64   

1995  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 on this day in history.   

1995  Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (8 not out in 1 inn for Pak 1956), dies on this day in history.   

1996  On October - 26 gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80   

1999  "Pinocchio" becomes the first animated classic to make its way to DVD on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2000  An Ilyushin-18 aircraft ploughs into a mountain in ex-Soviet Georgia, killing more than 80 people on October - 26.   

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 October - 26.   

2005  On October - 26 the Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros in 4 games to win their first World Series since 1917.   

2005  The U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 2,00 on October - 26.   

2007  Apple Inc. launch the sixth major release of their Mac OS X operating system entitled, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on October - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

2012  64 people are killed in West Burma after continued sectarian clashes on October - 26.   

2013  St Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox to lead the MLB 2013 World Series 2-1 on October - 26.   

2014  On this day in history dilma Rousseff is re-elected President of Brazil   

2017  On October - 26 uS President Donald Trump declares the opioid crisis a public health emergency   

2017  On October - 26 cremation ceremony for King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand held in Bangkok, a year after his death   

2017  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 Esque” on this day in history.   

2017  Explosion and fire at a fireworks factory in Tangerang, Indonesia kills 47 and injuries dozens on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2018  Trump supporter Cesar Sayoc arrested for sending 14 pipe bombs to prominent US Democrats on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history irish singer Sinéad O'Connor announces she has converted to Islam   

2018  On October - 26 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 this day in history rhine River in drought with lowest levels since 1920s forces German government to release oil reserves after barge shipments disrupted   

2019  On October - 26 raid by US Special Forces kills ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria   

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  Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says the country will becomes carbon neutral by 2050 on October - 26.   

2020  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 on October - 26.   

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1427  On this day in history birth of archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)   

1466  Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly) was born on this day in history.   

1473  Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) was born on October - 26.   

1483  Hans Buchner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1491  On October - 26 birth of zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)   

1609  William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1645  On October - 26 birth of aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David)   

1673  On October - 26 birth of dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova (1710-11)   

0899  Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies on this day in history.   

1132  On October - 26 death of floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered   

1235  On this day in history andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies   

1440  On October - 26 death of gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged   

1576  Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies on this day in history.   

1607  Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 on October - 26.   

1608  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.   

1633  Death of Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596) on this day in history.