What happened on October 26 ?

1427 - Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)

1473 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)

1491 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)

1673 - Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian Prince, linguist and scholar (d. 1723)

1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)

1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)

1694 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)

1757 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823)

1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)

1768 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)

1794 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881)

1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)

1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)

1842 - Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904)

1854 - C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)

1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)

1869 - Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (d. 1957)

1873 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)

1874 - Martin Lowry, British chemist (d. 1936)

1880 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)

1883 - Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958)

1902 - Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994)

1906 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)

1911 - Sid Gilman, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)

1911 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)

1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)

1912 - Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)

1914 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)

1916 - François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)

1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)

1925 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch author

1942 - Bob Hoskins, British actor

1945 - Pat Conroy, American writer

1946 - Pat Sajak, American game show host

1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and Senator from New York

1947 - Jaclyn Smith, American actress

1947 - Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress

1951 - Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk)

1952 - Andrew Motion, English poet

1957 - Bob Golic, American football player

1958 - Rita Wilson, American actress

1959 - Evo Morales, President of Bolivia

1959 - Brian Bovell, British actor

1961 - Dylan McDermott, American actor

1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor

1963 - Natalie Merchant, American singer

1965 - Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer and actor

1967 - Keith Urban, New Zealand singer

1971 - Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor

1973 - Seth MacFarlane, American animator

1974 - LISA, Japanese musician

1976 - Miikka Kiprusoff, NHL goaltender for the Calgary Flames

1977 - Jon Heder, American actor

1978 - Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer

1981 - Guy Sebastian, Australian singer

1984 - Sasha Cohen, American figure skater

1985 - Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player