Born on October 26
October 26 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 26, you share a birthday with Hillary Clinton, Bob Hoskins and Seth MacFarlane. October 26 babies are Scorpio, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 26 is the 300th day of the year in leap years (299th in other years).
Famous people born on October 26
- 1947Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician,United States Secretary of State and First Lady of the United States
- 1942Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director
- 1973Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1883Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author
- 1685Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer
- 1880Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic
- 1911Mahalia Jackson, American singer
- 1900Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist
- 1972Raveena Tandon, Indian actress, producer, and former model
- 1978CM Punk, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
What happened on October 26
- 1520Charles V was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1825The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
- 1890Malleco Viaduct in Chile, at the time "the highest railroad bridge in the world", is inaugurated by President José Manuel Balmaceda.
- 1902A group of Russian explorers led by Baron von Toll left their camp on Bennett Island and disappeared without a trace.
- 1905King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
- 1921The Chicago Theatre, the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.
- 1936The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
- 1958Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
- 1967Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
- 1968Space Race: The Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.
- 1985The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
- 1994Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
Also observed on October 26
- Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
- Angam Day (Nauru)
- Armed Forces Day (Benin)
- National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)
- Intersex Awareness Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 26?
People born on October 26 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 26?
Hillary Clinton (1947), Bob Hoskins (1942), Seth MacFarlane (1973), Napoleon Hill (1883), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Andrei Bely (1880) were all born on October 26.
What happened on October 26 in history?
Among other things: in 1968, Space Race: The Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous; in 1985, The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals; in 1994, Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 26?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 26 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 26”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.