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26 October 2030
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
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Notable births
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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
New Moon
0.2% illuminated
Lunar age: 29.1 days
Sun zodiac
Scorpio
3.11 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Libra
28.38 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.