Monday, October 26, 2020 is a Monday. It is day 300 of 2020 (82% through the year), ISO week 44, in Q4.
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Monday, October 26, 2020 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2004: Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to October 26.
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Historical Milestones
Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.
Rockstar Games →President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.
George W. Bush →Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the president of Ivory Coast.
Robert Guéï →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.
Israel–Jordan peace treaty →Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.
Ali Maow Maalin →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.
Ngo Dinh Diem →The Chicago Theatre (pictured), the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.
Chicago Theatre →The Illinois Memorial, honoring Union army soldiers from Illinois who fought at the Siege of Vicksburg, was dedicated at Vicksburg National Military Park.
Illinois Memorial →The Saint Petersburg Soviet held its first meeting, becoming the first elected body in Russia to represent workers.
Saint Petersburg Soviet →A group of Russian explorers led by Baron von Toll left their camp on Bennett Island and disappeared without a trace.
Eduard von Toll →Ida B. Wells (pictured) began publishing her research on lynching in the United States, for which she was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020.
Ida B. Wells →Liberian president Edward James Roye was overthrown in modern Africa's first coup d'état.
Edward James Roye →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Monday, October 26, 2020 falls on a Monday.
2,148 days ago (5 years, 10 months, 18 days ago). It is day 300 of 2020 with 66 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Monday, October 26, 2020 is written as XXVI.X.MMXX (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Gibbous (approx. 71% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Scorpio.