Unforgettable dates.

Unforgettable dates.

Today is October 26, 2026. October 26, 1794 - During the Kosciuszko Rebellion, the Battle of Kobilka took place, which ended with the victory of the Russian forces. October 26, 1810 - The United States annexed West Florida. October 26, 1905 - Sweden and Norway dissolved their union. October 26, 1932 - Joseph Stalin called writers "engineers of human souls". October 26, 1939 - The People's Assembly of Western Ukraine announced the establishment of Soviet power in the region. October 26, 1956 - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was established. October 26, 1962 - N. Khrushchev and Jay Kennedy agreed to return Soviet ships carrying missiles to Cuba. October 26, 1963 - The United States detonated a nuclear weapon at a test site in Nevada. October 26, 1963 - Khrushchev Announces that the Soviet Union will not compete with the United States to be the first to land a man on the moon. October 26, 1972 - The text of the agreement with the United States on the cessation of hostilities is published in North Vietnam. October 26, 1978 - The World Health Organization announces that the smallpox virus has been eradicated from nature. October 26, 1988 - Soviet icebreakers freed two whales from ice caps off the coast of Alaska. October 26, 1990 - by order of the President of the Soviet Union M. S. Gorbachev, a commercial exchange rate of the ruble for foreign currencies was introduced. October 26, 1991 - The majority of the population voted for the independence of Turkmenistan in a referendum. October 26, 1994 - Hussein I and Yitzhak Rabin sign the peace agreement between Israel and Jordan, ending a 46-year conflict. On October 26, 1999, at the suggestion of the Prime Minister of England Tony Blair, the Lords, who sit in the upper house of Parliament by right of birth, voted to cancel this right, thus destroying one of the foundations of British parliamentarianism - the right of the Lords to inherit the seat, which existed for almost 800 years.