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| October 26th, 2007 (October 26 2007) | Death | Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (born in 1947) | |
| October 26th, 2007 (October 26 2007) | Death | Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (born in 1943) | |
| October 26th, 2007 (October 26 2007) | Death | Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (born in 1918) | |
| October 26th, 2007 (October 26 2007) | Death | Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (born in 1934) | |
| October 26th, 1997 (October 26 1997) | Death | Joe Cinque, Civil Engineer (b 1978) | |
| October 26th, 1987 (October 26 1987) | Birth | Elise Estrada, Canadian singer | |
| October 26th, 1977 (October 26 1977) | Event | The last natural case of smallpox was discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination. | |
| October 26th, 1977 (October 26 1977) | Birth | Jon Heder, American actor | |
| October 26th, 1967 (October 26 1967) | Birth | Keith Urban, New Zealand singer | |
| October 26th, 1957 (October 26 1957) | Birth | Bob Golic, American football player | |
| October 26th, 1957 (October 26 1957) | Death | Gerty Cori, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (born in 1896) | |
| October 26th, 1957 (October 26 1957) | Death | Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (born in 1883) | Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Event | The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India. | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Event | The British Military Occupation ends in Iraq. | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Birth | Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator | Hillary Clinton Quotes |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Birth | Jaclyn Smith, American actress | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Birth | Trevor Joyce, Irish poet | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Birth | Ian Ashley, British racing driver | |
| October 26th, 1947 (October 26 1947) | Death | Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (born in 1862) | |
| October 26th, 1937 (October 26 1937) | Death | Jozef Dowbor-Musnicki, Polish general (born in 1867) | |
| October 26th, 1917 (October 26 1917) | Event | World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. | |
| October 26th, 1917 (October 26 1917) | Event | World War I:Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers. | |
| October 26th, 1817 (October 26 1817) | Death | Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (born in 1727) | |
| October 26th, 1797 (October 26 1797) | Birth | Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (died in 1865) | |
| October 26th, 1757 (October 26 1757) | Birth | Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (died in 1823) | Philo Quotes |
| October 26th, 1717 (October 26 1717) | Death | Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (born in 1657) | |
| October 26th, 1427 (October 26 1427) | Birth | Archduke Sigismund of Austria (died in 1496) | |
