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Day Of The Week: 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 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 26
- 306 –Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
- 1689 –General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
- 1909 –Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, was shot to death by Korean independence supporter Ahn Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
- 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.
- 1942 –World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, is sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged.
- 1947 –The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
- 1958 –Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
- 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.
- 1992 –The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.
Who were born on October 26?
- 1850 –Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist (d. 1909)
- 1871 –Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (d. 1941)
- 1919 –Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
- 1946 –Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress
- 1946 –Pat Sajak, American game show host
- 1957 –Bob Golic, American football player
- 1966 –Jane Hajduk, American actress
- 1971 –Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor
- 1971 –Jim Butcher, American author
- 1984 –Amanda Overmyer, American singer
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