EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
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TODAY IN HISTORY
October 26
Monday, October 26, 2026
Day 298 of 2026 | Week 44 | 61 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.
Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game.
The Cedar Fire, the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Chicago
American NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
Dutch soccer midfielder (FC Volendam
American journalist and sportcaster
Japanese video game composer (Tekkan 6
Soviet gymnast (won title at 15 yrs 33 days)
Scottish actor (Crossing Jordan)
Hong Kong singer
American MLB pitcher (Texas Rangers)
Canadian actress (Kirsten Cohen in "The O.C.")
New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (56 Tests
Australian softball third baseman and shortstop (Olympic bronze 1996)
Canadian football placekicker (CFL All Star 1994
Finnish conductor (City of Birmingham Symphony
American actor (The Killer
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