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Press coverage of the gunfight- Xie Jinyuan
Wyatt Earp, who was involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
President Bush signs USA PATRIOT Act
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| 1597 – Imjin War: About twelve Korean ships commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-sin defeated a large Japanese invasion fleet of at least 300 at the Battle of Myeongnyang in the Myeongnyang Strait. | Tagged with {{Citations missing}} |
| 1825 – The Erie Canal, connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and providing a shortcut to the Atlantic Ocean, was opened. | refimprove |
| 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. | lacking citations |
| 1860 – Having defeated the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Italian military figure Giuseppe Garibaldi shook King of Sardinia Victor Emmanuel's hand in Teano and hailed him as King of Italy. | refimprove section |
| 1863 – The Football Association, one of the oldest governing bodies in association football, was founded at a pub in London's Great Queen Street. | refimprove |
| 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Xie Jinyuan and National Revolutionary Army soldiers began the Defense of Sihang Warehouse against waves of Japanese attackers during the Battle of Shanghai. | refimprove |
| 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. | refimprove section |
| 1964 – Australian serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke was executed, the last person to be hanged in the state of Western Australia. | refimprove |
| 1979 – President Park Chung Hee of South Korea was assassinated by the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency and a long-time friend, Kim Jae-kyu. | refimprove, assassination article needs more footnotes |
| 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. | weasel words |
| 2002 – Approximately 40 Chechen rebels and 130 hostages died when Russian forces stormed a theater building in Moscow to end a four-day hostage siege. | already featured on October 23 |
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- 1813 – War of 1812: A force consisting of about 1,630 French Canadian regulars and militia and Mohawk warriors under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American force of about 4,000 attempting to invade Canada.
- 1921 – The Chicago Theatre, whose marquee became an unofficial emblem of the city of Chicago, opened.
- 1940 – The North American P-51 Mustang, the fighter aircraft responsible for more enemy planes shot down than any other Allied plane during World War II, made its first flight.
- 1955 – Ngo Dinh Diem proclaimed himself president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam after defeating former Emperor Bao Dai in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu.
October 26: Diwali (Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism, 2011); National Day in Austria (1955); Angam Day in Nauru; feast day of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
- 1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, one of the most famous gunfights in the history of the American Old West, took place in Tombstone, Arizona, between the faction of Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton's gang.
- 1942 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy won a Pyrrhic victory in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
- 1947 – Maharaja Hari Singh, ruler of Kashmir and Jammu, executed the Instrument of Accession to accede the princely state to the newly created India.
- 1985 – The Australian government returned ownership of Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, to the local Pitjantjatjara people.
- 2000 – Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the first President of Côte d'Ivoire since Robert Guéï was thrown out of power during the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état.
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