📜 This Day in History

October 26

• 1341The 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.
• 1813War of 1812: British forces and Mohawk allies under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American attempt to invade Canada.
• 1892Ida B. Wells began publishing her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020.
• 1921The Chicago Theatre, the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.
• 1994Israel 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.
• 2004Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.

Born on this day

• 1916François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (died 1996)
• 1919Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (died 1980)
• 1947Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician,United States Secretary of State and First Lady of the United States
• 1959Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia