Editing October 26 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; King [[Oscar II]] recognizes the [[dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden]].
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese occupation of Korea]]: [[An Jung-geun]] assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[First Balkan War]]: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Brazil [[Brazil during World War I|declares war]] on the Central Powers.
*[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: [[Erich Ludendorff]], quartermaster-general of the [[Imperial German Army]], is dismissed by [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II]] for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
*[[1936]] &ndash; The first [[electric generator]] at [[Hoover Dam]] goes into full operation.
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Nazi Germany]] begins expulsions of 18,000 [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish Jews]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1938: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1938-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: In the [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]] during the [[Guadalcanal campaign|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.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] ends with an overwhelming American victory.
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Partition of India]]: The [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu]] signs the [[Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)|Instrument of Accession]] with India, beginning the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]] and the [[Kashmir conflict]]. 
*[[1955]] &ndash; After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the [[Austrian State Treaty|Austrian Independence Treaty]], Austria declares that [[Declaration of Neutrality|it will never join a military alliance]].
*  1955   &ndash; [[Ngo Dinh Diem|Ngô Đình Diệm]] proclaims himself as President of the newly created [[South Vietnam|Republic of Vietnam]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]]: In the towns of [[Mosonmagyaróvár]] and [[Esztergom]], Hungarian [[ÁVH|secret police]] forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.  
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Pan Am|Pan American Airways]] makes the first commercial flight of the [[Boeing 707]] from New York City to Paris.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Space Race]]: The [[Soyuz 3]] mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Ali Maow Maalin]], the last natural case of [[smallpox]], develops a rash in Somalia. The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] consider this date to be the anniversary of the [[eradication of smallpox]], the most spectacular success of [[vaccination]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Why the Age of American Progress Ended |first1=Derek |last1=Thompson |date=12 December 2022 |access-date=22 December 2022 |page=30 |issn=1072-7825 |volume=331 |issue=1 |magazine=The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/science-technology-vaccine-invention-history/672227/ |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Park Chung Hee]], [[President of South Korea]], is [[Assassination of Park Chung Hee|assassinated]] by [[Korean Central Intelligence Agency|Korean CIA]] head [[Kim Jae-gyu]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; The Australian government returns ownership of [[Uluru]] to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[China Airlines Flight 204]] crashes after takeoff from [[Hualien Airport]] in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19891026-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-209 B-180 Hualien Airport (HUN)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; Three months after the end of the [[Ten-Day War]], the last soldier of the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] leaves the territory of the [[Slovenia|Republic of Slovenia]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Jordan]] and [[Israel]] sign [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty|a peace treaty]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Mossad]] agents assassinate [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] leader [[Fathi Shaqaqi]] in his hotel in Malta.
*  1995   &ndash; An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of [[Flateyri]], destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timarit.is/page/1194992|title=Tímarit.is|first=Landsbókasafn Íslands-|last=Háskólabókasafn|website=timarit.is}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]]'s [[House of Lords]] [[House of Lords Act 1999|votes to end the right]] of most [[hereditary peer]]s to vote in Britain's upper chamber of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; A wave of protests forces [[Robert Guéï]] to step down as president after the [[2000 Ivorian presidential election|Ivorian presidential election]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; The United States passes the [[Patriot Act|USA PATRIOT Act]] into law.
*[[2002]] &ndash; Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops [[Moscow theater hostage crisis|storm a theater building]] in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Cedar Fire]], the third-largest wildfire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes {{convert|250,000|acre|km2}}, and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bellavista |first1=Paolo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0ErBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1200 |title=The Handbook of Mobile Middleware |last2=Corradi |first2=Antonio |year=2016 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4200-1315-3 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Microsoft]] made a public release of [[Windows 8]] and made it available on new PCs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Windows 8's delivery date: October 26 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-8s-delivery-date-october-26/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; A [[October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake|7.5 magnitude earthquake]] strikes in the [[Hindu Kush|Hindu Kush mountain range]] in [[South Asia]], killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.