This is a selection of interactive timelines relating to events that took place on this day in history.

Histropedia is free to use, and that includes embedding timelines on your blog or site. You can find thousands of timelines by searching on histropedia.com/timeline or by browsing the rest of our blog.

Click here to learn more about embedding timelines.

If you have any questions or queries please get in touch or leave a comment below.  

On this day timelines October 26th

Births

1912 – Don Siegel, American director and producer (d. 1991)

• Films directed by Don Siegel

1944 – Jim McCann, Irish singer and guitarist (The Dubliners and The Ludlows) (d. 2015))

• The Dubliners albums

1951 – Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Parliament-Funkadelic and Praxis)

• Bootsy Collins albums
• Praxis (band) albums

1953 – Keith Strickland, American guitarist and songwriter (The B-52's)

• The B-52's albums
• Songs written by Keith Strickland

1981 – Guy Sebastian, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

• Guy Sebastian albums
• Songs written by Guy Sebastian

• Discography
• Film
• Filmography
• music