This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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October 26th, 2007	Death	Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (born in 1947)
October 26th, 2007	Death	Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (born in 1943)
October 26th, 2007	Death	Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (born in 1918)
October 26th, 2007	Death	Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (born in 1934)
October 26th, 2006	Death	Pontus Hulten, Swedish art collector and museum director (born in 1924)
October 26th, 2005	Death	Keith Parkinson, fantasy artist (born in 1958)
October 26th, 2004	Death	Bobby Avila, Major League Baseball player (born in 1924)
October 26th, 2003	Event	The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km?), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
October 26th, 2002	Event	Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before.
October 26th, 2002	Death	Jacques Massu, French general (born in 1908)

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