History Events on October 26

The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

#Continental_Congress

Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.

#Assassination_of_Park_Chung-hee

An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

#An_Jung-geun

King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.

#Dissolution_of_the_union_between_Norway_and_Sweden

Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.

#Ida_B._Wells

Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.

#Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956

Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.

#Israel-Jordan_peace_treaty

First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.

#Brazil_during_World_War_I

The Chicago Theatre opens.

#Chicago_Theatre

First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.

#First_Balkan_War

Ngô ?ình Di?m declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.

#Ngo_Dinh_Diem

Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.

#Battle_of_Myeongnyang

The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.

#Hoover_Dam

The Expedition of the Thousand ends when Giuseppe Garibaldi presents his conquests to King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia.

#Expedition_of_the_Thousand

World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".

#Dornier_Do_335

Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.

#Boeing_707

Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.

#House_of_Lords_Act_1999

The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.

#Uprising_of_Asen_and_Peter

War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay.

#Battle_of_the_Chateauguay

Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.

#Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

#Ten-Day_War

World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.

#Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes central Italy.

#October_2016_Central_Italy_earthquakes

Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.

#Muhammad_Ali

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, killing 398 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.

#October_2015_Hindu_Kush_earthquake

The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey with 459 dead.

#Royal_Charter_(ship)

Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.

#Tvrtko_I_of_Bosnia

Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.

#Soyuz_3

The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles.

#Treaty_of_Ripon

World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.

#Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.

#Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi

China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after take off from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.

#China_Airlines_Flight_204

The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.

#Uluru

Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.

#Erich_Ludendorff

The Cedar Fire, the third-largest fire 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.

Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.

Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.

After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.

Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.

The Football Association is founded.

The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.

General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.

The Byzantine civil war of 1341-47 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor.