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Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed ( el-SAY-id; born October 31, 1984) is an American politician and epidemiologist who is the United States senator-elect from Michigan. Born and raised in southeast Michigan, El-Sayed graduated from the University of Michigan and was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he earned a doctorate in public health.
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Stephen N. Miller (born August 23, 1985) is an American political advisor who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and the homeland security advisor since 2025. He previously served as senior advisor to the president and director of speechwriting from 2017 to 2021 during the first Trump administration.
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Elections in the United States were held on November 3, 2026. In these midterm elections, which occurred during the non-consecutive second term of incumbent 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 were contested to determine the 120th United States Congress.
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Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (born February 16, 1987) is an American politician who has served since 2021 as the senior United States senator from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the youngest incumbent U.S. senator. Raised in Metro Atlanta, Ossoff graduated from Georgetown University and the London School of Economics.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic websites on the Internet. This option enables website operators to establish a web address like example. xxx instead of example.com. The sponsoring organization for . xxx is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR).
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Nithya Varsha Raman (born July 28, 1981) is an American politician and urban planner who is the mayor-elect of Los Angeles. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Raman has served as the Los Angeles city councilmember for the 4th district since 2020. Born in India, Raman was educated at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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James Dell Talarico ( TAL-ə-REE-koh, born May 17, 1989) is an American politician and educator who is the United States senator-elect from Texas. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Born in Round Rock, Texas, Talarico taught sixth grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School in West San Antonio, Texas, from 2011 to 2013.
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Scene is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Jithu Madhavan. Produced by Suriya and Jyothika's 2D Entertainment and the newly established Zhagaram Studios, the film stars Suriya, Naslen and Nazriya Nazim. It revolves around a police officer being forced to reopen an unfinished case and solve it with a troublesome team.
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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 (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Godzilla Minus Zero (Japanese: ゴジラ-0. 0（マイナスゼロ）, Hepburn: Gojira Mainasu Zero) is a 2026 Japanese epic kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. A sequel to Godzilla Minus One (2023), it is the 39th film in the Godzilla franchise, the 34th film thereof produced by Toho, and the sixth installment in the Reiwa era.
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Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːrɑɱ vɑn dər ˈsloːt]; born 6 August 1987 in Arnhem) is a Dutch murderer, extortionist, con man, and drug trafficker who was convicted in the 2010 killing of Stephany Flores Ramírez in Lima, Peru. He first came to public attention as the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005.
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2026 United States Senate elections
The 2026 United States Senate elections were held on November 3, 2026, with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections. In these elections, voters elected candidates to six-year terms that begin on January 3, 2027, and expire on January 3, 2033.
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2026 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's second, nonconsecutive term.
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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) 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.
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Susan L. Wiles (née Summerall; born May 14, 1957) is an American Republican political consultant and lobbyist who served as the 32nd White House chief of staff from 2025 to 2026, the first woman to hold the position. Born to the football player and sportscaster Pat Summerall, Wiles graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1978.
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Robert Howard Sand (born August 12, 1982) is an American lawyer and politician who is the governor-elect of Iowa. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the 33rd state auditor of Iowa since 2019. Raised in Decorah, Iowa, Sand graduated from Brown University and the University of Iowa College of Law.
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Kimmarie Johnson (born Kim Marie Johnson; April 8, 1976 – November 4, 2026) was an American actress, model, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the founder of SkinGlow by Kimmarie, a skin care and beauty retailing and consulting company she founded in 2011. Earlier in her career, Johnson participated in and won the Miss Pennsylvania USA beauty pageant.
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Disappearance of Natalee Holloway
On May 30, 2005, Natalee Ann Holloway, an 18‑year‑old recent high school graduate from Mountain Brook, Alabama, disappeared while on a trip to Aruba. She was last seen outside the Oranjestad nightclub Carlos'n Charlie's, entering a car with Joran van der Sloot and brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe.
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Guy Fawkes (; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic.
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Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) 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.
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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.
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2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi
The 2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Mississippi. Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith is seeking re-election to a second full term. She is being challenged by Democratic district attorney Scott Colom.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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2028 United States Senate elections
Elections for the United States Senate will be held on November 7, 2028, with 34 of the 100 seats being contested in regular elections, the winners of which will serve 6-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3, 2029, to January 3, 2035, which will include the entire term of the president who wins the 2028 presidential election and the first two years of the 2032 presidential election winner's term.
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Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Known for her influence on pop music and her camp style, she has been dubbed the "Queen of Camp" by Vogue and Rolling Stone. At age 16, Perry released the unsuccessful gospel album Katy Hudson (2001) under Red Hill Records.
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Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official, U.S. Army veteran, and former television personality who has been serving as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025. Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper.
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Kirsty Jane Gallacher (born 20 January 1976) is a British television presenter and model. She began her career at Sky Sports News in 1998 and hosted Kirsty's Home Videos, RI:SE and Simply the Best before returning to Sky Sports News from 2011–2018. From June 2021 until December 2021, Gallacher co-presented The Great British Breakfast on the news channel GB News.
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United States midterm election
Midterm elections in the United States are the general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms include all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms (née Lance; born January 18, 1970), also known by her initials KLB, is an American attorney and politician who is the governor-elect of Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 2018 to 2022 as the 60th mayor of Atlanta and from 2010 to 2018 as a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing part of Southwest Atlanta.
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Jobe Samuel Patrick Bellingham (born 23 September 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the England national team. He has represented England at all youth levels and served as the under-21 captain from 2024 to 2026.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action thriller film starring Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency who is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe.
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Charles Ellis Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving since 1999 as a United States senator from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025. He has served two stints as Senate minority leader, from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025.
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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 and sequel to 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.
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Black Doves is a British spy action thriller television series created by Joe Barton. The series, starring Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, and Sarah Lancashire, is developed by Sister and Barton's production company Noisy Bear for Netflix. The series is about a spies-for-hire organisation that obtains secrets for the highest bidder.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (née Hyde; born May 10, 1959) is an American politician serving since 2018 as the junior United States senator from Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2012 to 2018 as the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and from 2000 to 2012 in the Mississippi State Senate.
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Annie Elizabeth Andrews (née Lintzenich; born August 9, 1980) is an American pediatrician and politician who is a United States senator-elect from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Andrews is the first woman elected to the Senate from South Carolina and the first Democrat to win a Senate election in South Carolina since 1998.
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Katie Rose Miller (née Waldman; born October 4, 1991) is an American political advisor and podcaster who served as the communications director to the vice president from 2020 to 2021 and the press secretary to the vice president from 2019 to 2020. Miller graduated from the University of Florida in 2014.
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Christopher Van Hollen Jr. ( van HOL-ən; born January 10, 1959) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017 and as a Maryland state senator from 1995 to 2003.
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Dipavali (IAST: Dīpāvalī), commonly known as Diwali (), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It is associated with the spiritual victory or triumph of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the United States, sitting on the center to center-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1828, it is the world's oldest active political party. Its main rival is the Republican Party, and since the 1850s, both have dominated American politics.
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Nitesh Tiwari (born 22 May 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Hindi films. He debuted as a co-writer and co-director in Chillar Party (2011) which won him two National Film Awards, including Best Children's Film and Best Screenplay. He made his solo directorial debut with the supernatural political drama Bhoothnath Returns (2014).
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Lauren Opal Boebert ( BOH-bərt; née Roberts; born December 19, 1986) is an American politician, businesswoman, and gun rights activist serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district beginning in 2025, having previously represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district from 2021 to 2025.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has been the 112th mayor of New York City since January 1, 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he represented the 36th district in the New York State Assembly from 2021 to 2025. Mamdani is New York City's first Muslim and first Asian American mayor.
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Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a nonprofit, open-source repository for fanfiction (fanfic) and other fanworks contributed by users. The site was created in 2008 by the Organization for Transformative Works. As of 18 September 2026, Archive of Our Own hosts over 18,470,000 works in over 82,900 fandoms, including those related to real people (RPF).
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Santiago Peña Palacios (born 16 November 1978) is a Paraguayan politician and economist who served as the 52nd president of Paraguay from 2023 until his arrest, dismissal, and prosecution in 2026. Peña served on leadership boards for the Central Bank of Paraguay and Banco Amambay. He taught economics at the Catholic University of Asunción.
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2026 Israeli legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the 26th Knesset and determine the governing coalition that succeeds the 37th government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the United States Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of the Constitution of the United States in enumerated matters to pass or defeat federal legislation, known as bills.
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Godzilla Minus One (Japanese: ゴジラ-1. 0（マイナスワン）, Hepburn: Gojira Mainasu Wan) is a 2023 Japanese epic kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. It is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, the 33rd film thereof produced by Toho, and the fifth installment in the Reiwa era.
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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.
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Resident Evil is a 2026 horror film directed by Zach Cregger and written by Cregger and Shay Hatten. It is the eighth live-action film in the Resident Evil film series, based on the video game series by Capcom. Austin Abrams stars as Bryan Hodukavich, a medical courier who must fight through an outbreak of infected monsters in Raccoon City.
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Harmeet Kaur Dhillon (born October 2, 1968) is an American lawyer who served as the U.S. assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division from 2025 until her resignation in 2026. A member of the Republican Party, she is the former vice chair of the California Republican Party and a former Republican National Committeewoman for California.
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Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is an English chef, restaurateur and television personality. In 1995, White became the first British chef and, at age 33, the youngest chef to earn three Michelin stars. He has trained chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Mario Batali, Shannon Bennett, Curtis Stone, Phil Howard and Stephen Terry.
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William Trevor Lawrence (born October 6, 1999) is an American professional football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Considered among the highest-touted college football prospects, he won the 2019 National Championship Game as a freshman with the Clemson Tigers and set the school's record for quarterback wins.
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2024 United States presidential election
A presidential election was held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican ticket of former president Donald Trump and Ohio junior senator JD Vance defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent vice president Kamala Harris and Minnesota governor Tim Walz.
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YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, all of whom were former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
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Amy Leigh Acton (née Stearns, formerly Beech; born February 16, 1966) is an American physician and politician who is the governor-elect of Ohio. She previously served as the director of the Ohio Department of Health, in which capacity she led Ohio's COVID-19 pandemic response from 2019 to 2020. Acton was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Haley Maria Stevens (born June 24, 1983) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district since 2019. Elected as a member of the Democratic Party, Stevens represents most of urbanized Oakland County, including many of Detroit's northern suburbs.
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Rafael "Ted" Edward Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2003 to 2008 as the third solicitor general of Texas. He has been described as a movement conservative, a social conservative, and a constitutional conservative with libertarian leanings.
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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president. Obama represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
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Primetime is a 2026 American psychological thriller film written by Ajon Singh and directed by Lance Oppenheim. It dramatizes the production of the reality television series To Catch a Predator (2004–2007); Robert Pattinson portrays its host Chris Hansen, an NBC journalist who works with the vigilante group Perverted-Justice to catch child predators in sting operations.
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David Edward Williams (born 20 August 1971), 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.
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Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and former political candidate. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company, in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021. Ramaswamy was a candidate in the 2024 Republican primaries, but withdrew his bid and endorsed Donald Trump.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a 1998 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was the first Legend of Zelda game with 3D graphics. It was released in Japan and North America in November 1998 and in PAL regions the following month.
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The Russell Brand Show prank calls
In an episode of The Russell Brand Show broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 18 October 2008, comedian Russell Brand and presenter Jonathan Ross made prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs that created controversy in the United Kingdom.
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2026 United States Senate election in Alaska
The 2026 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Alaska. Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan is seeking a third term. He is being challenged by Democratic former representative Mary Peltola.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026 video game)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a 2026 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch 2. It is a remake of the 1998 game released for the Nintendo 64. It was released on November 5, 2026 to critical acclaim.
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Heston Marc Blumenthal (; born 27 May 1966) is an English celebrity chef, television personality and food writer. His restaurants include the Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, a three-Michelin-star restaurant that was named the world's best by the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2005. Blumenthal is regarded as a pioneer of multi-sensory cooking, food pairing and flavour encapsulation.
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Gregory Wayne Abbott ( ABB-ət; born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving since 2015 as the 48th Governor of Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2002 to 2015 as the 50th attorney general of Texas and from 1996 to 2001 as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. As of 2026, Abbott is the longest-serving incumbent governor in the United States.
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2026 United States Senate election in Texas
The 2026 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 2026, to elect the Class 2 member of the United States Senate from the state of Texas. Democratic state representative James Talarico defeated Republican state attorney general Ken Paxton.
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Yash (pronounced [/yah-sh/]; born Naveen Kumar, 8 January 1986) is an Indian actor and producer who works in Kannada films. Known for his work in mass hero films, he is referred to as "Rocking Star" in the media. One of the highest-paid actors of Kannada cinema, Yash is a recipient of several accolades including three Filmfare Awards South and five SIIMA Awards.
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