Historical Events
Carbon Neutral Goal
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says the country will becomes carbon neutral by 2050
- Melbourne officials announce end to their three-month lockdown as city records no new cases of COVID-19 for 1st time since June
- NASA announces there is more water on the Moon than previously thought, in sunlit as well as shadowed regions [1]
- Pakistan's first metro line, the Orange Line, opens in Lahore
- Police officers in Philadelphia shoot and kill black man Walter Wallace Jr. armed with a knife, prompting protests and the city to impose a curfew
- Silverado wildfire breaks out in Orange County, California forcing 60,000 people to evacuate
- US Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court sealing a conservative 6-3 majority
Famous Deaths
- Stan Kesler, American session musician (Sun Studio), songwriter ("I Forgot to Remember to Forget"), and record producer (Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs -"Wooly Bully"), dies of bone cancer at 92
Died in 2020 2020 Highlights
About October 26, 2020
Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 3 years, 6 months and 15 days
Leap Year: Yes
Generation: Generation Alpha
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Sign: Scorpio
Holidays: Labour Day (New Zealand), October Bank Holiday (Ireland)
Music Charts
#1 Song: Mood - 24kGoldn Featuring iann dior
#1 Song: Lemonade - Internet Money Ft. Don Toliver, Gunna, Nav
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