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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1597" title="1597">1597</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasions_of_Korea_(1592%E2%80%931598)" title="Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)">Japanese invasions of Korea</a>: Thirteen Korean ships commanded by Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Sun-sin" title="Yi Sun-sin">Yi Sun-sin</a> defeated a far larger Japanese invading fleet at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myeongnyang" title="Battle of Myeongnyang">Battle of Myeongnyang</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myeongnyang_Strait" title="Myeongnyang Strait">Myeongnyang Strait</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>: British forces and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_people" title="Mohawk people">Mohawk</a> allies under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Salaberry" title="Charles de Salaberry">Charles de Salaberry</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chateauguay" title="Battle of the Chateauguay">repulsed an American attempt to invade Canada</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905" title="1905">1905</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Soviet" title="Saint Petersburg Soviet">Saint Petersburg Soviet</a></b> held its first meeting, becoming the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_(council)" title="Soviet (council)">elected body in Russia to represent workers</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a> – Following protests against military leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gu%C3%A9%C3%AF" title="Robert Guéï">Robert Guéï</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Gbagbo" title="Laurent Gbagbo">Laurent Gbagbo</a></b> became the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Ivory_Coast" title="List of heads of state of Ivory Coast">president of Ivory Coast</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act" title="Patriot Act">Patriot Act</a></b> into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Basset_(1518%E2%80%931541)" title="John Basset (1518–1541)">John Basset</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1518); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Collodi" title="Carlo Collodi">Carlo Collodi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1890); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Iwata" title="Masaharu Iwata">Masaharu Iwata</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1966); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oro_(wrestler)" title="Oro (wrestler)">Oro</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1993)</p>
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