Talk:October 26

--mav 00:39, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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October 26 Ida B. Wells 1341 – The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos as emperor, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of John V Palaiologos, the heir to the throne. 1871 – Liberian president Edward James Roye was overthrown in modern Africa's first coup d'état. 1892 – Ida B. Wells (pictured) began publishing her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020. 1955 – Ngô Đình Diệm proclaimed himself president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam after defeating former emperor Bảo Đại in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngô Đình Nhu. 2004 – Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America. Cuthbert of Canterbury (d. 760) Gómez González (d. 1111) Carlo Collodi (d. 1890) Yamashita Yoshitsugu (d. 1935) More anniversaries: October 25 October 26 October 27

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I was recently perusing this page because I was making the Template anniversaries page for this article. Some things I noticed:

• This page says the International Federation of the Red Cross was formed in 1863. But the article says it was 1919. When was it?
• This page says that Boulder Dam's first generator went online October 26. But the article says October 9. When was it?
• This page says that Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty in October 1994. History of Jordan says it was in July 1994. If there were two treaties, then I have to wonder why... If there was one, when did it occur?

So, can the people who added these to the article provide cites? LuckyWizard 01:14, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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According to the official chronology of the Hoover dam, here, It was October 26th. I am updating the Hoover Dam article, and adding it pack to this page. LordJumper 19:33, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

American Idol event

"2006 - Mayré Martínez wins the first Latin American Idol." I know people take this show very seriously but is this really notable? -- Borameer ™ 17:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

• Probably notable in the context of TV game shows and the like, so if there is a chronology page for that genre then it would be fine there. But very not-notable in the general history of the world. Darcyj 11:42, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Decommissioning of USS Iowa?

Today's the 19th anniversary of the Decommissioning of the USS Iowa, should any mention be made? or would that be better for the 20th anniversary? Alec92 (talk) 16:33, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Are decommissionings celebrated? I haven't heard of that before. How many battleships have been decommissioned by the fleets of the world? It must be a hundred, not counting those that were sunk in battle. Is this decommissioning more notable than most?   Will Beback  talk  18:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

holidays and observances - Alfred the Great

The Wiki article indicates that he is not held as a saint by the Catholic Church as such - should this specify "Church of England"? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:05, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

in fact it does not indicate that he is held a saint by anybody. Why is he here?

Well yes it does. But it explicitly says he is not in the Roman Martyrology

Notability

@Rlbarton: What is the threshold of notability here? The funeral has its own article as an event and yet it is not notable? While the 2004 release of GTA San Andreas is? Sodacan (talk) 02:10, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

@Toddst1: I am now aware of the the content guidelineof the the WikiProject Days of the Year style guide and I can provide a hundred sources. I am not in an edit war, I have asked the user his opinions and received none. Sodacan (talk) 14:31, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Intersex awareness Day in holidays and observances

this is an unofficial grass rooted thing. does it count? --142.163.195.253 (talk) 11:22, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Jack Bruce

Jack Bruce is listed in the Deaths section, but is also listed on the 25 October OTD page (the main article about him gives his death date as the 25th, too). JezGrove (talk) 12:11, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

The source has the 25th as well so I've removed his name from this article and added the ref to 26th October article. Suonii180 (talk) 19:25, 26 October 2023 (UTC)