October 26th (2012) was a Friday. It's the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days left to the end of the year.
October 26th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931)
» Arnold Greenberg (Snapple) or Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932)
» Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, Cuban army officer (b. 1934)
» Joža Horvat, Croatian author (b. 1915)
» John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916)
» Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
» Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (b. 1979)
» Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (b. 1989)
» Alan Stretton, Australian general (b. 1922)
October 26th Holidays in History
» Angam Day (Holidays in Nauru called Nauru)
» Public holidays in Benin e.g Armed Forces Day (Benin)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Alfred the Great
» Cedd
» Cuthbert of Canterbury
» Demetrius of Thessaloniki
» Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
» Saint Quadragesimus or Quadragesimus
» Witta of Büraburg
» Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
» Culture of Austria Public holidays e.g National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)