27 chronicle entries dated 26 October, spanning 17 years. Each records only time, place and people or organisations, with the source file and page number. Entries from volumes not yet published are not filled in, and no nearby date is substituted.
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《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1941#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2010#〈條目編號〉
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On 26 October 1941, Liao Chengzhi sought the Party Central Committee's views by telegram, and Mao Zedong subsequently replied expressing approval of the exchange arrangement.
On 26 October 1946, the Hong Kong government launched an operation against unlicensed hawkers in Portland Street, Yau Ma Tei, during which the Chinese hawker Wong Shui-cheung was kicked to death by an Indian member of the riot squad, triggering large-scale clashes between police and the public; British troops stationed in Hong Kong were called in to assist the police, and the incident left more than ten people injured and 35 arrested.
On 26 October 1946, a riot broke out in Yau Ma Tei; the Hong Kong government called in the British garrison in Hong Kong to help the police restore order, leaving more than ten people injured and 35 arrested.
On 26 October 1946, during an operation against unlicensed hawkers in Portland Street, Yau Ma Tei, an Indian member of the Emergency Unit kicked a Chinese hawker, Wong Shui-cheung, to death, which subsequently triggered serious clashes between police and the public.
Joint Publishing was formed by the merger of Shenghuo Bookstore, Dushu Publishing House, and Xinzhi Bookstore in Hong Kong on 26 October 1948; in 1949 its headquarters moved to Beijing and it established a branch in Hong Kong.
On 26 October 1953, the Hong Kong Government approved the re-export of gold, but traders engaged in re-export had to obtain an import and export licence in advance.
On 26 October 1964, funding for the University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong was placed under the newly established University Grants Committee, whose first chairman was Sir John Fulton.
On 26 October 1967, a commemorative ceremony was held in Shek Pai Wan Resettlement Estate, presided over by Governor David Trench, marking the allocation of resettlement housing to the one millionth resident.
The committee handed a petition to Commissioner of Police Brian Slevin expressing dissatisfaction with the Independent Commission Against Corruption's investigation methods and requesting a meeting by 28 December, stating that further action would be taken if no reply was received.
The MacLehose Trail opened on 26 October 1979 and was named after Governor MacLehose; it was Hong Kong's first long-distance hiking trail and remained the longest of its kind locally until 2017, with a total length of 100 kilometres divided into ten sections, starting in the east at Pak Tam Chung in Sai Kung and ending in the west at Tuen Mun, passing through eight country parks.
The MacLehose Trail has a total length of 100 kilometres divided into ten sections, starting at Pak Tam Chung in Sai Kung and ending at Tuen Mun, passing through eight country parks.
The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood advocated in 1988 that certain Legislative Council seats be filled through direct elections.
The Hang Seng Index fell 33 per cent that day, a drop that remained the largest single-day record for the Hong Kong stock market until 2017, and was called Black Monday by the market.
On 26 October 1990, an unauthorised concrete canopy (25 metres long) of an industrial building in To Kwa Wan collapsed, and the building was the only one of its kind in the district.
On 26 October 1998, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation began construction of Phase 1 of the West Rail, which links urban Kowloon with the northwest New Territories.
The Open University of Hong Kong hosted an international conference from 26 to 29 October 2010 on water resources and water quality management in the South China Sea.
The archive holds 36501 entries, of which 8766 are dated to an exact day — those are the only ones used here. Entries dated only to a month or a year are never forced into a day. Coverage reflects published volumes only; missing years are not filled in.