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26 October 2029
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2004 - Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.American video game publisher
Anniversary
2001 - President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Anniversary
2000 - Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the president of Ivory Coast.1999–2000 military president of Côte d'Ivoire
Anniversary
1994 - Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, settling relations between the two countries and pledging that neither would allow its territory to become a staging ground for military strikes by a third country.1994 agreement between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Anniversary
1977 - Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.Last naturally acquired case of smallpox (1954–2013)
Historical events
History
2015 - A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.Earthquake in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India
History
2012 - Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.American multinational technology company
History
2004 - 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.American video game publisher
History
2003 - 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.2003 wildfire in Southern California
History
2002 - 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.2002 terrorist attack and hostage crisis in Moscow
History
2001 - The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.2001 United States anti-terrorism law
History
2000 - A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.1999–2000 military president of Côte d'Ivoire
History
1999 - 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.Country in northwestern Europe
History
1995 - Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.National intelligence agency of Israel
History
1995 - An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.Village in Northwest Constituency, Iceland
Notable births
Born
1994 - Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league playerFiji international rugby league footballer
Born
1993 - Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball playerRussian basketball player (born 1993)
Born
1992 - Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Bjorn Andresen, Swedish actor and musician (born 1955)Swedish actor and musician (1955–2025)
Died
2021 - Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (born 1932)President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993
Died
2017 - Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (born 1941)Iranian writer (1941–2017)
Died
2015 - Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (born 1926)American political activist (1926–2015)
Died
2015 - Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (born 1937)American physicist (1937–2015)
Died
2015 - Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (born 1937)Died
2014 - Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (born 1923)British communist, professor and anti-apartheid activist
Died
2014 - Mo Collins, American football player and coach (born 1976)American football player and executive (1976–2014)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated
Lunar age: 18.5 days
Sun zodiac
Scorpio
3.36 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Gemini
17.98 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.