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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Holy_Birthdays" title="Twin Holy Birthdays">Twin Holy Birthdays</a></b> begin (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, 2022)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1341" title="1341">1341</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> army proclaimed chief minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_VI_Kantakouzenos" title="John VI Kantakouzenos">John VI Kantakouzenos</a> emperor, triggering <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_civil_war_of_1341%E2%80%931347" title="Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347">a civil war</a></b> between his supporters and those of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_V_Palaiologos" title="John V Palaiologos">John V Palaiologos</a>, the heir to the throne.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells" title="Ida B. Wells">Ida B. Wells</a></b> began to publish her research on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching" title="Lynching">lynching</a> in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> in 2020.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955" title="1955">1955</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem" title="Ngo Dinh Diem">Ngô Đình Diệm</a> proclaimed himself president of the newly created <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">Republic of Vietnam</a> after defeating former emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BA%A3o_%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i" title="Bảo Đại">Bảo Đại</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_State_of_Vietnam_referendum" title="1955 State of Vietnam referendum">a fraudulent referendum</a></b> supervised by his brother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Nhu" title="Ngô Đình Nhu">Ngô Đình Nhu</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955" title="1955">1955</a> – The first buildings in the sacred <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyasato-yakata" title="Oyasato-yakata">Oyasato-yakata</a></b> complex of the Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement" title="New religious movement">new religious movement</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenrikyo" title="Tenrikyo">Tenrikyo</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenri,_Nara" title="Tenri, Nara">Tenri, Nara</a>, were completed.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – Somali hospital cook <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Maow_Maalin" title="Ali Maow Maalin">Ali Maow Maalin</a></b> began displaying symptoms of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a>, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuthbert_of_Canterbury" title="Cuthbert of Canterbury">Cuthbert of Canterbury</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 760); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton" title="Elizabeth Cady Stanton">Elizabeth Cady Stanton</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1902); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashita_Yoshitsugu" title="Yamashita Yoshitsugu">Yamashita Yoshitsugu</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1935)</p>
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