Fait général: 1026 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fait mathématique: 1026 is the number of subsets of the 22^{nd} roots of unity that add to 1.
Culture générale: 1026 is a boring number.
Date historique: October 22nd is the day in 1910 that Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.