1. In 1901, the first game of what would become one of college football's most famous rivalries took place, as the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Michigan Wolverines 21-0.

2. The Cleveland Indians won the World Series on October 26, 1948, defeating the Boston Braves in Game 6. This was the first championship for the Indians since 1920.

3. The deadliest tornado outbreak in Ohio history occurred on October 26, 2010. 25 tornadoes hit the state, resulting in 7 deaths and 80 injuries.

4. On October 26, 2001, Congress approved the establishment of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, which honors the passengers and crew who died on September 11, 2001.

5. John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on October 26, 1921. Glenn later served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1974 to 1999.