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Gadi Eisenkot

Israeli general and politician (born 1960)

Gadi Eisenkot, also spelled Eizenkot, is an Israeli general, politician, and leader of the Yashar party. He served from 2015 to 2019 as the 21st chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and from 2023 to 2024 as a minister without portfolio in Israel's unity government. He led Yashar in the 2026 Israeli legislative election as the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Eisenkot, who grew up in Eilat, pursued maritime studies and later served in the IDF's Golani Brigade. He holds a B.A. in history from Tel Aviv University and a post-graduate degree in political science from Haifa University. Married with five children, he resides in Herzliya. One of his sons, Gal, was killed in action during the Gaza war.

Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 35

Season of television series

Season thirty-five of Dancing with the Stars premiered on ABC and Disney+ on September 15, 2026, and is scheduled to conclude on November 24, 2026. This season was the fourth to air live on both networks simultaneously. Season nineteen champion Alfonso Ribeiro returned to host the installment, while former professional dancer and judge Julianne Hough returned as co-host. A holiday television special will air following the season finale.

Elizabeth Holmes

American businesswoman (born 1984)

Elizabeth Anne Holmes is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick. In 2015, Forbes named Holmes the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in the United States on the basis of a $9 billion valuation of Theranos. In the following year, as accusations of fraud about Theranos's claims began to surface, Forbes revised its estimate of Holmes's net worth to zero, and Fortune named her in its feature article on "The World's 19 Most Disappointing Leaders".

Ted Bundy

American serial killer (1946–1989)

Theodore Robert Bundy, also known by the alias Chris Hagen, was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978. His modus operandi typically consisted of convincing his target that he was in need of assistance or duping them into believing he was an authority figure. He would then lure his victim to his vehicle, at which point he would bludgeon them unconscious, then restrain them with handcuffs before driving them to a remote location to be sexually assaulted and killed.

Deaths in 2026

The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality, what subject was noted for, cause of death, and a reference.

VisionQuest

Marvel Studios television miniseries

VisionQuest is an American television miniseries created by Terry Matalas for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Vision. A spin-off from the miniseries WandaVision (2021), it is the 18th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from Marvel Studios and is produced under its Marvel Television label. The series shares continuity with the films of the MCU. It follows the synthezoid Vision as he attempts to understand who he is by communicating with AI personas embedded in his programming, and goes on the run with a mysterious teenager who may be his reincarnated son. Matalas serves as showrunner and a director.

Limonene

Chemical compound

Limonene is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone 'lemon'.

Jailer 2

2026 Indian film by Nelson Dilipkumar

Jailer 2 is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. It was produced by Kalanithi Maran through Sun Pictures. A sequel to Jailer (2023), the film stars Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa and Rithvik reprising their roles from the predecessor, with S. J. Suryah, Mithun Chakraborty, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Vidya Balan joining the cast.

2022 Israeli legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Israel on 1 November 2022 to elect the 120 members of the 25th Knesset. The results saw the right-wing national camp of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a parliamentary majority, amid losses for left-wing and Arab parties, as well as gains by the far-right.

Matthew Perry

American and Canadian actor (1969–2023)

Matthew Langford Perry was an American and Canadian actor. Known primarily for his work in comedy, he gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), receiving his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2002 for the role. Perry also appeared on Ally McBeal (2002), The West Wing (2003) and The Ron Clark Story (2006) receiving Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the latter two. He played a leading role in the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–2007), and also became known for his leading film roles in Fools Rush In (1997), Almost Heroes (1998), Three to Tango (1999), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Serving Sara (2002), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), and 17 Again (2009).

Lamprey

Class of jawless fish

Lampreys are a group of jawless fish composing the order Petromyzontiformes, sole order in the class Petromyzontida. The adult lamprey is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like, sucking mouth. The common name "lamprey" is probably derived from Latin lampetra, which may mean "stone licker", though the etymology is uncertain. "Lamprey" is sometimes seen for the plural form.

Yashar (political party)

Israeli political party

Yashar, stylized as Yashar! with Eisenkot, is a centrist political party in Israel led by Gadi Eisenkot. Founded in September 2025 by Eisenkot, the former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and National Unity Knesset member, the party contested the 2026 Israeli legislative election on 27 October. Emerging as a major challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud, the party has risen in opinion polls, positioning Eisenkot as a leading contender for the premiership.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as prime minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister.

Joint List

Israeli electoral alliance, established in 2015

The Joint List is a political alliance of Arab-majority political parties in Israel. It was formed by Hadash, Balad, Ra'am and Ta'al ahead of the 2015 election.

Cooper Pratt

American baseball player (born 2004)

Cooper Wickham Pratt is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2026.

Flávio Bolsonaro

Brazilian politician (born 1981)

Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro is a Brazilian lawyer and conservative politician serving as a senator for Rio de Janeiro since 2019. A son of the 38th president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, he is affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL). He previously served as a state deputy of Rio de Janeiro from 2003 to 2019. As a state deputy, Bolsonaro held the presidency of the Special Committee on Family Planning. His political career culminated in his election to the Senate in 2018, where he garnered 4.38 million votes.

You Can See Everything

2026 documentary film

You Can See Everything is a 2026 American meta-documentary film directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. It follows Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the defunct health technology company Theranos, and her partner Billy Evans, who invited a film crew to document them beginning in the weeks before Holmes began serving a United States federal prison sentence for defrauding investors.

Neatsville, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, US

Neatsville is an unincorporated community in Adair County, located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 206 and Kentucky Route 76. Its elevation is 705 feet (215 m). For unknown reasons, the town's name was spelled as Neetsville from 1876 until 1886, when the town's post office closed. In its early history from around the 1810s to 1900, Neatsville progressively grew to become a well-established, incorporated town. It has been relocated twice through the years, once due to flooding c. 1900 – c. 1902, which destroyed much of the town, and once in the 1960s when the Green River was impounded to make way for the Green River Reservoir State Park.

Clayface (film)

2026 DC Studios film

Clayface is a 2026 American body horror film based on the eponymous character from DC Comics. Directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, it is the third film in the DC Universe (DCU). Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen / Clayface, alongside Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan. In the film, after becoming disfigured by a mobster (Dencik), Hagen turns to a scientist (Ackie) who transforms his body to restore his former look. While pursuing revenge, he begins to lose his sanity as he is unable to recognize himself. It is produced by Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris alongside James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios.

Alexander brothers (sex offenders)

Israeli-American businessmen and convicted sex offenders

Twin brothers Oren Alexander and Alon Alexander, and their older brother Tal Alexander, are American businessmen and convicted sex offenders. Tal and Oren were luxury real estate brokers based in Miami and New York City, while Alon was an executive at his family’s private security company.

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2023

Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019.

Fleetwood Town F.C.

Association football club in Fleetwood, England

Fleetwood Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2011; since 2023)

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who has served as the 39th president of Brazil since 2023. A member of the Workers' Party, he served as the 35th president from 2003 to 2011.

Harry Kane

English footballer (born 1993)

Harry Edward Kane is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the England national team. Known for his clinical finishing, passing, vision and tactical versatility, he is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world. Kane has scored over 500 career goals for club and country, being Tottenham Hotspur's all-time top goalscorer (280), England's all-time top goalscorer (91), and the highest-scoring English player in the UEFA Champions League (58). He is also the Premier League's second-highest all-time goalscorer (213) and Bayern Munich's sixth-highest all-time goalscorer (156).

Nicki Minaj

Trinidadian rapper and singer-songwriter (born 1982)

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic rap flow, witty lyrics, musical versatility, and alter egos, and is credited as a driving force in the mainstream resurgence of female rap since the 2010s.

Ansel Adams

American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)

Ansel Easton Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing.

Ra'am

Islamist political party

The United Arab List, commonly known by its Hebrew abbreviation Ra'am, is a conservative political party in Israel with Islamist roots. In 2021 it joined the thirty-sixth government. It is currently led by Mansour Abbas.

2026 Toledo train collision

High-speed train collision in Spain

On 28 October 2026 at 08:54 local time, an AVE high-speed train collided with a stationary Iryo high-speed train in Los Yébenes, Toledo, on the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line, killing at least 68 people.

Wildwood (film)

2026 film by Travis Knight

Wildwood is a 2026 American stop-motion animated dark fantasy film directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, based on the 2011 novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis. Produced by Laika, the film stars Carey Mulligan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Richard E. Grant, Awkwafina, Amandla Stenberg, Tom Waits, Charlie Day, Blythe Danner, Arthur Knight, Angela Bassett, and Mahershala Ali. In the film, a teenage girl named Prue (Lee) and her classmate Curtis (Tremblay) travel into an enchanted forest in search of her infant brother, Mac, after he is abducted. They find a manor and learn about a coming war from Alexandra (Mulligan), a mysterious woman who tragically lost her son.

Together (Israel)

Israeli political party

Together – Led by Bennett is an Israeli political alliance founded in April 2026 by former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid and their parties Bennett 2026 and Yesh Atid. The alliance ran in the 2026 Israeli legislative election with Bennett as its leader.

Dolores Huerta

American labor leader (1930–2026)

Dolores Huerta was an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta joined Filipino leader Larry Itliong in the Delano grape strike in 1965, managing boycott campaigns on the east coast and negotiating with the grape companies to end the strike. Some credited her with the UFW slogan "sí se puede".

2026 United States elections

Elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on November 3, 2026, in the United States. In these midterm elections, scheduled to occur during the second term of Republican president Donald Trump, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested to determine the 120th United States Congress. Thirty-nine state and territorial U.S. gubernatorial elections, attorney general elections, and numerous state and local elections, will also be contested.

David Walliams

English comedian, writer and actor (born 1971)

David Edward Williams, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television personality. He rose to prominence for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2022, Walliams was a judge on the television talent competition Britain's Got Talent. He is also a writer of children's books, having sold more than 50 million copies worldwide.

Donnie Iris

American rock musician (1943–2026)

Dominic Ierace, known professionally as Donnie Iris, was an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s and for his solo career beginning in the 1980s with his band, the Cruisers. He wrote the No. 2 Billboard hit "The Rapper" with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry. He also achieved fame as a solo artist beginning in 1980 with the No. 29 hit "Ah! Leah!" and the No. 37 hit "Love Is Like a Rock."

Abdul El-Sayed

American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is an American epidemiologist, public health administrator, academic and politician who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan.

Noah Wyle

American actor (born 1971)

Noah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American actor, television director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying Dr. John Carter in the NBC medical drama ER (1994–2005) and Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch in the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt (2025–present). These performances earned him six Actor Awards, a Golden Globe Award and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He was named as People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2026.

Likud

Israeli right-wing political party

Likud, officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing parties. Likud's landslide victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had lost power. In addition, it was the first time in Israel that a right-wing party received the most votes. After ruling the country for most of the 1980s, the party lost the Knesset election in 1992. Likud's candidate Benjamin Netanyahu won the vote for prime minister in 1996 and was given the task of forming a government after the 1996 elections following Yitzak Rabin's assassination. Netanyahu's government fell apart after a vote of no confidence, which led to elections being called in 1999 and Likud losing power to the One Israel coalition led by Ehud Barak.

Bob Uecker

American baseball player and broadcaster (1934–2025)

Robert George Uecker was an American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster who served as the play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) for 54 seasons. He was also an occasional television and film actor.

Shirley Ballas

English ballroom dancer (born 1960)

Shirley Annette Ballas is an English dancer and television personality. She specialises in the International Latin division, where she won several championship titles which earned her the nickname "the Queen of Latin". Since 2017, Ballas has served as head judge on the BBC One dancing competition show Strictly Come Dancing.

Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award

The Ballon d'Or is an annual association football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player judged to have performed the best over the previous season.

2026 Brazilian general election

General elections were held in Brazil on 4 October 2026 to elect the president, vice president, members of the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha. As no candidate for president received more than half of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election was held on 25 October.