{"id":208294,"date":"2020-01-01T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/october-26\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:36:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:36:48","slug":"october-26","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/october-26\/","title":{"rendered":"October 26: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 26th celebrates Howl At The Moon Day and Pumpkin Day.

We’d like to welcome you to the 299^{th day of the year, with only days remaining in 2025.}

Arm yourself with all the most notable births and deaths from this day and the historical events that made this day what it is!

Did you know that on this day in 1984, The Terminator, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, was released in the US? It topped the United States Box Office charts for two weeks.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about October 26^{th in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on October 26 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2020\r\n\r\n
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide announced that Japan will be carbon neutral by 2050.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2018\r\n\r\n
Singer Sinéad O’Connor was converted to Islam.\r\n\r\n
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As part of her conversion, she also changed her name to Shuhada.\r\n\r\n
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2018\r\n\r\n
Rockstar Games’ hit Wild-West series returned with the release of Red Dead Redemption 2.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It took over eight years to develop. Being a blockbuster Rockstar Games title, it unsurprisingly ranks as one of the most expensive video games ever made. However, all that time and money paid off, with the game raking in US$725 million in sales in its first weekend alone.\r\n\r\n
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2015\r\n\r\n
The twenty-fourth James Bond movie “Spectre,” starring Daniel Craig, premiered in London.\r\n\r\n
$OTD in 2015: The twenty-fourth James Bond movie \"Spectre$ \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2003\r\n\r\n
The Cedar Fire swept through San Diego County, California, destroying 2,232 homes and killing fifteen people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The wildfire swept through 273,246 acres of land and caused more than $1.3 billion in damages.\r\n\r\n
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2001\r\n\r\n
The American sci-fi movie “Donnie Darko” with Jake Gyllenhaal was released in the US.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1984\r\n\r\n
The Terminator, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, was released in the US.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1975\r\n\r\n
The US received Anwar Sadat, its first Egyptian presidential visit.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
His trip was devoted to sourcing arms and helping the country’s economy.\r\n\r\n
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1968\r\n\r\n
The Soyuz 3 spacecraft achieved the first Soviet space rendezvous with Soyuz 2.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Soyuz 3 was intended to not just rendezvous with Soyuz 2 but also to dock with it. Despite multiple attempts, docking was not achieved, so the USSR claimed that docking was never intended. It wasn’t until documents were released following the collapse of the Soviet Union that the lie was discovered.\r\n\r\n
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1958\r\n\r\n
Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1918\r\n\r\n
Stonehenge was given over to the British Government by its private landowner.\r\n\r\n
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Cecil Chubb donated the monument to the government and was the last private individual to own Stonehenge.\r\n\r\n
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1892\r\n\r\n
Ida B. Wells published “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1881\r\n\r\n
The most famous western gunfight happened at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.\r\n\r\n
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The fight lasted 30 seconds between a posse of Lawmen involving Wyatt Earp and a group of outlaws. Three men died from gunshot wounds.\r\n\r\n
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1858\r\n\r\n
Inventor Hamilton Smith received his patent for his rotary washing machine.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1377\r\n\r\n
Tvrtko I became the first king of Bosnia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
In 1353 Stephen Tvrtko I became Ban of Bosnia following the death of his uncle and eventually named himself king of Bosnia and Serbia In 1377. He did this by claiming he was the heir of Serbia’s Nemanjić dynasty.\r\n\r\n
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Famous Births\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, did you know that you share the same birthday as Jon Heder? See what other famous people were born on this day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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