October 26
People born on this day are Scorpio.
- 1991
Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
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Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
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Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
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An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.
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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.
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A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
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The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.
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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
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2004Patrick Dorgu, Danish footballer
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2002Lee Eunsang, South Korean singer
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1995Yuta, Japanese singer
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1994Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
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1994Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
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1993Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player
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1992Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player
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1990Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
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1989Dre Kirkpatrick, American football player
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1989Emil Sayfutdinov, Russian motorcycle racer
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1988Greg Zuerlein, American figure skater
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1987Shawn Lauvao, American football player
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