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Famous Pioneer Born on 10/26
Born under Scorpio (♏ Scorpio), possessing unique vision and inspiration.
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."
—— Scorpio Pioneer
Impression, Sunrise
Impression, Sunrise is a world-class museum collection item preserved at Musée Marmottan Monet.
Claude Monet (Oil on canvas)
Historical Milestone of 10/26
On this day in history (10/26), significant global milestones and breakthroughs were recorded across science, culture, and human society.
Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.
Ali Maow Maalin was a Somali hospital cook and health worker from Merca who is the last person known to have been infected with naturally occurring Variola minor smallpox. The disease was diagnosed in October 1977 and Maalin made a full recovery. Although he had many contacts, none of them developed the disease, and an aggressive containment campaign was successful in preventing an outbreak. Smallpox was declared to have been eradicated globally by the World Health Organization (WHO) two years later. Maalin was subsequently involved in the successful poliomyelitis eradication campaign in Somalia, and he died of malaria while carrying out polio vaccinations after the re-emergence of the poliovirus in 2013.
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.
The Israel–Jordan peace treaty, sometimes referred to as the Wadi Araba Treaty, is an agreement that ended the state of war that had existed between the two countries since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and established mutual diplomatic relations. In addition to establishing peace between the two countries, the treaty also settled land and water disputes, provided for broad cooperation in tourism and trade, and obligated both countries to prevent their territory being used as a staging ground for military strikes by a third country.
Yuta_(Japanese_singer) Born
Yuta Nakamoto , known professionally as Yuta, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, dancer and radio host based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group NCT, debuting in the group's second fixed sub-unit NCT 127 in 2016 and in the group's first rotational sub-unit NCT U in 2020. Yuta made his solo debut on October 3, 2024, with the extended play (EP) Depth.
「Yuta Nakamoto , known professionally as Yuta, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor,...」
—— Yuta_(Japanese_singer)
Rebecca_Tunney Born
Rebecca Tunney is a retired British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
「Rebecca Tunney is a retired British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer ...」
—— Rebecca_Tunney
Rhenzy_Feliz Born
Rhenzy Feliz is an American actor, who is best known for playing Alex Wilder in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Runaways, voicing Camilo Madrigal in Disney's 2021 animated feature film Encanto, and playing Victor Aguilar in the HBO series The Penguin.
「Rhenzy Feliz is an American actor, who is best known for playing Alex Wilder in the M...」
—— Rhenzy_Feliz
Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the president of Ivory Coast.
Robert Guéï was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost to Laurent Gbagbo in the ensuing 2000 Ivorian presidential election. Guéï, his wife Rose Doudou Guéï, and his children were killed on 19 September 2002 on the first day of the First Ivorian Civil War.
President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.
George Walker Bush is an American former politician, businessman, and former United States Air Force officer who was the 43rd president of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. He is the eldest son of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.
Lee_Eun-sang_(singer) Born
Lee Eun-sang, also known by the mononym Eunsang, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is currently a member of Younite. He is also a former member of X1 which debuted in 2019. He debuted as a solo artist on August 31, 2020, with his single album Beautiful Scar.
「Lee Eun-sang, also known by the mononym Eunsang, is a South Korean singer and actor. ...」
—— Lee_Eun-sang_(singer)
Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.
Rockstar Games, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in New York City. The company was established in December 1998 as a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, using the assets Take-Two had previously acquired from BMG Interactive. Founding members of the company were Terry Donovan, Gary Foreman, Dan and Sam Houser, and Jamie King, who worked for Take-Two at the time, and of which the Houser brothers were previously executives at BMG Interactive. Sam Houser heads the studio as president.
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
The October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck South Asia on 26 October 2015, at 13:39 AFT with the epicenter 45 km north of Kuran wa Munjan, Afghanistan, at a depth of 231.0 km.
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