Native Americans named October’s Moon the Hunter’s Moon because it was the time to hunt in preparation for winter. Other tribes called it the Travel Moon and the Dying Grass Moon. See Almanac.com/moon-october for more information!
Daily Calendar for Monday, October 26, 2026
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Monday, October 26, 2026
Born
- Charles William Post (manufacturer) –
- Benjamin Guggenheim (businessman) –
- Mahalia Jackson (singer) –
- Jackie Coogan (actor) –
- George Crum (ballet conductor) –
- Bob Hoskins (actor) –
- Pat Sajak (game show host, Wheel of Fortune) –
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (U.S. First Lady, Secretary of State) –
- Jaclyn Smith (actress) –
- Rita Wilson (actress) –
- Dylan McDermott (actor) –
- Keith Urban (singer) –
- Seth MacFarlane (animator) –
- Jon Heder (actor) –
Died
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (feminist) –
- Hattie McDaniel (actress) –
- Igor Sikorsky (helicopter pioneer) –
- Harold Rome (composer) –
Events
- Erie Canal opened in New York State –
- Pony Express service ended –
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona –
- President Harry Truman raised the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour –
- Garry Trudeau’s comic strip Doonesbury debuted –
- A 1,496-pound tuna was caught near Auld’s Cove, Nova Scotia –
- St. Elsewhere made its television debut –
- Wayne Gretzky became the first NHL player in history to score 2,000 points –
- Michael Jackson received a patent for shoes that allow the wearer to lean far forward –
- At a Farmers Market in Windsor, California, a record-setting pumpkin pie, weighing 418 pounds, was served. (The record was beaten in 2010.) –
- Toronto’s Rob Krueger became the World Rock Paper Scissors champion –
- A 2,000-pound 8-foot-long cannon belonging to the infamous pirate Blackbeard was pulled from waters near Beaufort, North Carolina –
- A 2,000-pound, 8-foot-long cannon belonging to the infamous pirate Blackbeard was pulled from waters near Beaufort, North Carolina. –
Weather
- New York City received 4 inches of snow –
- -10 degrees F in Bismarck, North Dakota –
- Bismarck, North Dakota, recorded its earliest below-zero reading, -10 degrees F –
- The temperature in Boston, Massachusetts, was 84 degrees F –
- Eight tornadoes struck Indiana –
- A powerful storm carved across the Midwest with hurricane-like conditions and more than a dozen tornadoes. Bigfork, Minnesota, recorded the storm’s lowest pressure. It bottomed out at 955 millibars, a new U.S. record. –