What happened in 2026
170 entries recorded for 2026, listed by date. That was 0 years ago.
2026 at a glance
- Years ago
- 0 (as of 2026)
- Century
- 21st century
- Decade
- 2020s
- Generation born
- Generation Beta
- Entries here
- 170
- Breakdown
- 48 historical events · 122 deaths
January
- January 1
Bulgaria
Bulgaria officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 21st Eurozone country.
- January 1
2026 Crans-Montana bar fire
A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills 41 people and injures 116 others.
- January 3
United States
The United States launches a military operation in Venezuela, capturing president Nicolás Maduro (pictured) and his wife.
- January 4
Michael Reagan
Michael Reagan, American political commentator (born 1945)
- January 7
Glenn Hall
Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (born 1931)
- January 10
Yeison Jiménez
Yeison Jiménez, Colombian singer, (born 1991)
- January 10
Bob Weir
Bob Weir, American musician, (born 1947)
- January 11
Richard Codey
Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey (born 1946)
- January 12
Rick Garcia (activist)
Rick Garcia (activist), American LGBTQ rights activist (born 1956)
- January 13
Scott Adams
Scott Adams, American author and illustrator (born 1957)
- January 13
David Webb (Hong Kong activist)
David Webb, British activist shareholder (born 1965)
- January 14
Sikhio train disaster
Thirty-two people are killed when a crane falls onto a passenger train in Sikhio district, Thailand.
- January 17
2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash
Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crashed near Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi, after losing contact en route to Makassar.
- January 18
2026 Adamuz rail disaster
At least 45 people are killed and 292 others injured after two trains collide in Adamuz in the worst railway disaster in over a decade in Spain.
- January 19
Valentino (fashion designer)
Valentino, Italian fashion designer, founder of Valentino (born 1932)
- January 21
Virginia Oliver
Virginia Oliver (born 1920), American lobster fisherwoman
- January 22
Hifumi Katō
Hifumi Katō, Japanese professional shogi player (born 1940)
- January 24
2026 West Bandung landslide
At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia.
- January 28
2026 Rubaya mines collapses
The Rubaya mine collapse at Rubaya mines in DR Congo causes at least 400 deaths and injured several others.
- January 28
Learjet 45
A Learjet 45 crashes on approach to Baramati Airport in Maharashtra, killing all six occupants including the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar.
- January 28
Storm Kristin
Storm Kristin causes a catastrophic impact in Portugal and Spain with €6 billion in damage in the central region of Portugal, 15 deaths and 2,000 injuries.
- January 28
Ajit Pawar
Ajit Pawar, Indian politician, former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1959)
- January 30
Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress, comedian and screenwriter (born 1954)
February
- February 3
2026 Kwara State attacks
Islamist militants massacred at least 162 while injuring and kidnapping dozens in two villages in Kwara State, Nigeria.
- February 10
2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting
Shootings at a residence and a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, leave nine people dead and 27 injured.
- February 10
Jose de Venecia Jr.
Jose de Venecia Jr., Filipino politician and journalist, 17th and 21st Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives (born 1936)
- February 11
James Van Der Beek
James Van Der Beek, American actor (born 1977)
- February 12
2026 Bangladeshi general election
In the first general election since the July Revolution in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, wins a landslide victory upon returning to power after almost 19 years. A referendum held alongside was also approved by the majority of voters.
- February 14
Tom Noonan
Tom Noonan, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1951)
- February 15
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall, American actor and filmmaker (born 1931)
- February 16
Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman, American filmmaker (born 1930)
- February 16
Billy Steinberg
Billy Steinberg, American songwriter (born 1950)
- February 17
Shinya (musician)
Shinya Yamada, Japanese musician (born 1970)
- February 17
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson, American civil rights leader, activist, and politician (born 1941)
- February 18
Borislav Paravac
Borislav Paravac, Bosnian Serb politician, 8th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1943)
- February 19
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor became the first member of the British royal family to be arrested in 379 years.
- February 21
Rondale Moore
Rondale Moore, American football player (born 2000)
- February 22
El Mencho
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (born 1966)
- February 25
Cuba
Four people are killed and several more are injured when Cuban Border Guard Troops confront and open fire on a US-registered speedboat violating Cuban waters.
- February 26
Pakistan
The government of Pakistan declares "open war" against the Taliban in Afghanistan, initiating the 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan War.
- February 28
United States
The United States and Israel launch attacks across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Retaliatory strikes are launched by Iran against US military bases in the Gulf, with explosions reported in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.
- February 28
2026 Iran war
The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior officials.
- February 28
Mohammad Pakpour
Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran (born 1961)
- February 28
Aziz Nasirzadeh
Aziz Nasirzadeh, Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran (born 1964)
- February 28
Ali Khamenei
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1939)
March
- March 2
Hezbollah
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launches several projectiles into northern Israel as a response to the assassination of Ali Khamenei, formally initiating the 2026 Lebanon War.
- March 7
Jamie Dunn
Jamie Dunn, Australian actor, radio and television host (born 1950)
- March 10
Bam Adebayo
Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat recorded the second-highest scoring game in NBA history with 83 Points.
- March 15
Killing of members of the Bani Odeh family
Four members of a Palestinian family are shot dead in Tammun by the Israeli military.
- March 16
2026 Maiduguri bombings
A series of Boko Haram bombings leave 26 dead and 146 injured in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
- March 19
Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris, American martial artist and actor (born 1940)
- March 20
Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller, American attorney, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1944)
- March 20
Filaret Denysenko
Filaret Denysenko, Ukrainian religious leader, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (born 1929)
- March 20
Nicholas Brendon
Nicholas Brendon, American actor (born 1971)
- March 21
Michael Lyster
Michael Lyster, Irish radio and television broadcaster (born 1954)
- March 21
Rhoda Roberts
Rhoda Roberts, Australian arts executive (born 1959)
- March 22
Air Canada Express Flight 8646
Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Two fatalities were reported, both being the captain and the co-pilot. This marked the first fatal accident involving a
- March 22
Lionel Jospin
Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France (born 1937)
- March 23
2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash
An Aerospace Force Lockheed C-130 crashes during take-off in Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia, killing 69 people.
- March 23
Valerie Perrine
Valerie Perrine, American actress (born 1943)
- March 23
Chip Taylor
Chip Taylor, American singer and songwriter (born 1940)
- March 24
OpenAI
OpenAI announces that their flagship Sora app and API are shutting down.
- March 24
Biruté Galdikas
Biruté Galdikas, Canadian primatologist and conservationist (born 1946)
- March 24
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder, American writer (born 1945)
- March 24
Mel Schilling
Mel Schilling, Australian TV personality and coach (born 1972)
- March 25
Dash Crofts
Dash Crofts, American musician (born 1938)
- March 25
Alexander Kluge
Alexander Kluge, German author, film director and public intellectual (born 1932)
- March 26
James Tolkan
James Tolkan, American actor (born 1931)
- March 26
Mary Rand
Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper (born 1940)
- March 26
Epeli Nailatikau
Epeli Nailatikau, Fijian chief, President of Fiji (born 1941)
- March 26
Noelia Castillo euthanasia case
Noelia Castillo, Spanish woman who died after receiving euthanasia (born 2000)
- March 27
Henry Lee (forensic scientist)
Henry Lee, Chinese-American forensic scientist (born 1938)
- March 28
Liamine Zéroual
Liamine Zéroual, Algerian politician, 6th President of Algeria (born 1941)
- March 28
Mary Beth Hurt
Mary Beth Hurt, American actress (born 1946)
- March 28
Marinella
Marinella, Greek singer (born 1938)
- March 30
Chan Santokhi
Chan Santokhi, Surinamese politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1959)
- March 31
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat, 14th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1937)
April
- April 1
Artemis II
The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.
- April 3
Fred Curry
Fred Curry, Lebanese-American professional wrestler (born 1941)
- April 6
Artemis II
During the Artemis II mission, the Orion made its closest approach to the far side of the Moon and reached its greatest distance from Earth .
- April 6
Nick Pope (journalist)
Nick Pope, British UFO writer (born 1965)
- April 7
Mircea Lucescu
Mircea Lucescu, Romanian football player and manager (born 1945)
- April 8
8 April 2026 Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Operation Eternal Darkness: Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war.
- April 10
Anja Hatakka
Anja Hatakka, Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor (born 1938)
- April 10
Sid and Marty Krofft
Sid Krofft, Canadian-American puppeteer and producer (born 1929)
- April 10
Browning Nagle
Browning Nagle, American football player (born 1968)
- April 10
Eliot Engel
Eliot Engel, American politician (born 1947)
- April 11
Phil Garner
Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager (born 1949)
- April 12
Tisza Party
The Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar wins the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, defeating Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, which had ruled the country for 16 years, marking the first change in government in Hungary for over a decade.
- April 12
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle, Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (born 1933)
- April 12
Chris Payton-Jones
Chris Payton-Jones American football player (born 1995)
- April 13
Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player (born 1952)
- April 13
Dave McGinnis
Dave McGinnis, American football player and coach (born 1951)
- April 15
2026 Onikişubat school shooting
Twelve people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass shooting at a school in Onikişubat, Turkey.
- April 15
José Santamaría
José Santamaría, Uruguayan-Spanish footballer and manager (born 1929)
- April 16
Alex Manninger
Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer (born 1977)
- April 16
Justin Fairfax
Justin Fairfax, American lawyer and politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (born 1979)
- April 18
2026 Kyiv shooting
Seven people are killed and fourteen others are injured in a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine
- April 19
George Ariyoshi
George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii (born 1926)
- April 20
Luis Brandoni
Luis Brandoni, Argentine actor and politician (born 1940)
- April 23
Łukasz Litewka
Łukasz Litewka, Polish Parliament Member (born 1989)
- April 24
Dirk Kempthorne
Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1951)
- April 25
Sadio Camara
Malian minister of defence Sadio Camara is killed during the start of coordinated attacks in the country.
- April 25
2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting
Shots are fired outside of the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the Washington Hilton where U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet are attending. One injury is reported and a suspect is taken into custody.
- April 25
Andrzej Olechowski
Andrzej Olechowski, Polish politician (born 1947)
- April 27
2026 Bekasi train collision
A train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta, Indonesia.
May
- May 1
2026 Canvas data breach
After a ransomware attack by the group ShinyHunters, the education platform Canvas operated by private company Instructure, goes offline, affecting thousands of educational institutions.
- May 5
Chris Phelan
Chris Phelan, Irish-Australian rugby league player (born 1955)
- May 6
Ted Turner
Ted Turner, American media mogul (born 1938)
- May 11
Brandon Clarke
Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player (born 1996)
- May 12
Jason Collins
Jason Collins, American basketball player (born 1978)
- May 14
Hans van Houwelingen
Hans van Houwelingen, Dutch mathematician and professor emeritus of medical statistics (born 1945)
- May 17
M. J. K. Smith
M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer and rugby union player (born 1933)
- May 18
2026 Islamic Center of San Diego shooting
A shooting carried out by two gunmen at the Islamic Center of San Diego results in the deaths of five people, including the perpetrators.
- May 18
Tom Kane
Tom Kane, American voice actor (born 1962)
- May 21
Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch, American race car driver and owner (born 1985)
- May 22
2026 Liushenyu coal mine explosion
A gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, China, leaves at least 82 people dead.
- May 22
Richard A. Tapia
Richard A. Tapia, American mathematician, National Medal of Science recipient (born 1939)
- May 24
2026 Quetta train bombing
A suicide bombing targeting a shuttle train in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, kills at least 47 people.
- May 25
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins, American jazz musician (born 1930)
- May 28
Claude Lemieux
Claude Lemieux, heavy-hitting retired NHL forward and four-time Stanley Cup winner (born 1965)
- May 31
2026 Namhkam Township explosion
An explosion at a Ta'ang National Liberation Army base kills 46 people.
June
- June 9
Cyril Karabus
Cyril Karabus, South African paediatric oncologist (born 1935)
- June 9
Alexander Yanchulev
Alexander Yanchulev, Bulgarian politician and engineer (born 1938)
- June 10
Bharathiraja
Bharathiraja, Indian film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (born 1941)
- June 11
Bajrakitiyabha
Bajrakitiyabha, Thai royal, daughter of Vajiralongkorn (born 1978)
- June 12
Elon Musk
South African-American businessman Elon Musk becomes the first US$ trillionaire with the initial public offering of SpaceX.
- June 13
Roger Cook (journalist)
Roger Cook, New Zealand-born British investigative journalist (born 1943)
- June 14
2026 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision
A Bell 206 and AS350 collided in mid-air over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all 6 people aboard both aircraft including American singer Oliver Tree, Argentine YouTuber Gaspi, Argentine director and screenwriter Lucas A. Vignale, and Brazilian music producer Lucas Frota.
- June 14
Gaspi
Gaspi, Argentinian YouTuber (born 2002)
- June 14
Oliver Tree
Oliver Tree, American singer and songwriter (born 1993)
- June 16
Daveigh Chase
Daveigh Chase, American actress (born 1990)
- June 18
Tay Keith
Tay Keith, American record producer (born 1996)
- June 24
2026 Venezuela earthquakes
Two earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving more than 2,200 people dead and dozens of others missing.
- June 26
Joe Doering
Joe Doering, American professional wrestler (born 1982)
- June 27
K. Bhagyaraj
K. Bhagyaraj, Indian film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (born 1953)
- June 28
Wilford Lloyd Baumes
Wilford Lloyd Baumes, American screenwriter and television producer (born 1939)
July
- July 6
Megas
Megas, Icelandic musician (born 1945)
- July 8
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer (born 1951)
- July 10
Derryn Hinch
Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-born Australian radio and television host (born 1944)
- July 11
Jayden Adams
Jayden Adams, South African soccer player (born 2001)
- July 11
Antonio Rattín
Antonio Rattín, Argentine footballer and politician (born 1937)
- July 11
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham, American politician (born 1955)
- July 11
Ken Bates
Ken Bates, English buisnessman and former owner of Chelsea F.C. and Leeds United F.C. (born 1931)
- July 12
2026 Bangkok pub fire
A bar fire kills 33 people in Bangkok, Thailand.
- July 12
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (born 1952)
- July 12
John Hamm
John Hamm, Canadian politician, 25th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1938).
- July 13
Sam Neill
Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (born 1947)
- July 18
Zdeněk Chovanec
Zdeněk Chovanec, Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese racing driver (born 2004)
- July 18
Chen Gang (composer)
Chen Gang, Chinese composer (born 1935)
- July 22
Chuck Russell
Chuck Russell, American film director and producer (born 1958)
- July 30
2026 Broad Peak avalanche
An avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan kills 10 climbers.
- July 30
2026 Ceuta migrant crisis
Around 50,000 Moroccan nationals storm the borders of Spanish enclaves in Africa, principally the city of Ceuta. As of August 1, 2026, 67 are confirmed to have died while crossing.
- July 31
Franco Baresi
Franco Baresi, Italian footballer (born 1960)
- July 31
Glenn A. Baker
Glenn A. Baker, Australian journalist and author (born 1952)
- July 31
Jakob Butturff
Jakob Butturff, American bowler (born 1994)
August
- August 7
2026 Nonthaburi shootings
Debsirin Nonthaburi school shooting
- August 13
Prichard Colón
Prichard Colón, Puerto Rican boxer (born 1992)
- August 16
Hayden Panettiere
Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer (born 1989)
- August 18
Bill Rasmussen
Bill Rasmussen, American sports director, co-founded ESPN (born 1932)
- August 21
Sowcar Janaki
Sowcar Janaki, Indian actress (born 1931)
- August 25
Tim Curry
Tim Curry, English actor and singer (born 1946)
- August 25
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman (born 1946)
- August 26
2026 Nepal–Tibet floods
A series of large flash floods and debris flows along the Nepal–Tibet border and the Trishuli River, believed to have been caused by glacier collapse, stuck and destroyed numerous settlements, including the Gyirong checkpoint, and killed over 1,400 people, with over 5,800 reporte
- August 26
Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor (born 1941)
- August 27
Ratko Mladić
Ratko Mladić, Bosnian Serb military officer and war criminal (born 1942)
- August 28
Harald V
Harald V of Norway (born 1937)
September
- September 1
Carla Jeffery
Carla Jeffery, American actor and singer (born 1993)
- September 6
21 Air Flight 7598
21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 freighter operating on behalf of Amazon Air, overruns the runway upon landing at Miami International Airport, striking multiple ground vehicles, killing at least five people, and injuring five others.
- September 8
Tung Chee-hwa
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong politician and businessman, first Chief Executive of Hong Kong (born 1937)
Questions about 2026
What happened in 2026?
This site records 170 entries for 2026, including Bulgaria on January 1. They are listed below by date.
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2026 falls in the 21st century, in the 2020s.
Which generation was born in 2026?
Generation Beta (2025–present). The newest cohort, born from 2025.
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