How Many Days Until October 26?

This day in history: October 26

1. 1921

   The Chicago Theatre, the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.

2. 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.

3. 1977

   Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.

4. 1994

   Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, settling relations between the two countries and pledging that neither would allow its territory to become a staging ground for military strikes by a third country.

5. 2000

   Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo became the president of Ivory Coast.

6. 2001

   President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.

7. 2004

   Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.

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