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October 26: Labour Day in New Zealand (2009); Double Ninth Festival in the Chinese calendar (2009); National Day in Austria (1955); Angam Day in Nauru; Feast Day of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
- 1825 – The Erie Canal, connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and hence the Atlantic Ocean, was opened.
- 1859 – The passenger ship Royal Charter, en route from Australia to England, was wrecked on the east coast of Anglesey, Wales, killing at least 459 people.
- 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Xie Jinyuan and National Revolutionary Army soldiers began the Defense of Sihang Warehouse (pictured) against waves of Japanese attackers during the Battle of Shanghai.
- 1944 – World War II: In one of the largest naval battles in modern history, Allied forces defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the seas surrounding the Philippine island of Leyte.
- 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies in fighting terrorism in the United States and elsewhere.