september 26 in English

September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in
leap years)
in the
Gregorian calendar.
There are 96 days remaining.

Events
List of 36 items
. 46 BC -
Julius Caesar
dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor
Venus Genetrix
in fulfilment of a vow he made at the
battle of Pharsalus.
. 715 -
Ragenfrid
defeats
Theudoald
at the
Battle of Compiègne
. 1580 -
Sir
Francis Drake
circumnavigates the globe.
. 1687 -
The
Parthenon
in
Athens
is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from
Venetian forces
led by
Morosini
who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
. 1777 -
British
troops occupy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
during the
American Revolution.
. 1783 -
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
created
. 1789 -
Thomas Jefferson
is appointed the first
United States Secretary of State,
John Jay
is appointed the first
Chief Justice of the United States,
Samuel Osgood
is appointed the first
United States Postmaster General,
and
Edmund Randolph
is appointed the first
United States Attorney General.
. 1810 -
A new
Act of Succession
is adopted by the
Riksdag of the Estates
and
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
becomes heir to the
Swedish
throne.
. 1907 -
New Zealand
and
Newfoundland
each becomes a
dominion
of the
British Empire.
. 1914 -
The US
Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) is established by the
Federal Trade Commission Act.
. 1918 -
World War I:
Battle of Meuse.
. 1934 -
Steamship
RMS Queen Mary
is launched.
. 1944 -
World War II:
Operation Market Garden
fails.
. 1950 -
United Nations
troops recapture
Seoul
from the
North Koreans.
. 1952 -
George Santayana
dies.
. 1954 -
Japanese rail ferry
Toya Maru
sinks during a typhoon in the
Tsugaru Strait,
Japan
killing 1,172.
. 1957 -
West Side Story,
 by
Arthur Laurents,
Leonard Bernstein,
and
Stephen Sondheim,
directed and choreographed by
Jerome Robbins
opens on
Broadway
. 1960 -
In
Chicago, Illinois,
the first
televised
debate takes place between presidential candidates
Richard M. Nixon
and
John F. Kennedy.
. 1961 -
Bob Dylan
makes his public debut.
. 1962 -
Yemen Arab Republic
is proclaimed
. 1969 -
The
Chicago Seven
trial begins.
. 1969 -
The Beatles
album
Abbey Road
is released in the
UK.
. 1969 -
The Brady Bunch
debuts on
ABC-TV
and would run for five years.
. 1970 -
The
Laguna Fire
starts in
San Diego County,
California,
burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
. 1973 -
Concorde
makes its first non-stop crossing of the
Atlantic
in record-breaking time.
. 1981 -
Baseball:
Nolan Ryan
sets a
Major League
record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
. 1983 -
Soviet
military officer
Stanislav Petrov
averts a worldwide nuclear war.
. 1983 - Australia II, the first non-American winner, wins the
Americas Cup.
. 1984 -
United Kingdom
agrees handover of
Hong Kong.
. 1988 -
Ben Johnson
is stripped of his
gold medal
in the
100 m
sprint
at the
Seoul Olympics
for
failing a drug test.
. 1997 -
A
Garuda Indonesia
Airbus A-300
crashes near Medan,
Indonesia,
airport, killing 234
. 1997 - An
earthquake
strikes the Italian regions of
Umbria
and the
Marche,
causing part of the
Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi
to collapse.
. 2000 -
Anti-globalization
protests in
Prague
(some 20,000 protesters) turned violent during the
IMF
and
World Bank
summits.
. 2000 -
Express Samina,
capsized after running aground near the isle of
Paros.
82 people where killed.
. 2002 -
The overcrowded
Senegalese
ferry
MV Joola
capsizes off the coast of
Gambia
killing more than 1,000.
. 2002 - Thirty people are killed in a gun attack at a temple in
Gandhinagar,
India
list end

Births
List of 90 items
. 1406 -
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros,
English soldier and politician (d.
1430)
. 1711 -
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple,
English politician (d.
1779)
. 1750 -
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood,
British admiral (d.
1810)
. 1758 -
Cosme Argerich,
Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of
Buenos Aires.
. 1774 -
Johnny Appleseed,
American environmentalist (d.
1847)
. 1791 -
Théodore Géricault,
French painter (d.
1824)
. 1840 -
Louis-Olivier Taillon,
French Canadian politician (d.
1923)
. 1865 -
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford,
British pilot
. 1869 -
Komitas,
Armenian composer (d.
1935)
. 1870 -
King
Christian X of Denmark
(d.
1947)
. 1871 -
Winsor McCay,
American cartoonist (d.
1934)
. 1873 -
Aleksey Shchusev,
Russian architect (d.
1949)
. 1873 -
Waclaw Berent,
Polish novelist and translator (d.
1940)
. 1874 -
Lewis Hine,
American photographer and social activist (d.
1940)
. 1875 -
Edmund Gwenn,
Welsh actor (d.
1959)
. 1876 -
Edith Abbott,
American social worker, educator, and author (d.
1957)
. 1877 -
Ugo Cerletti,
Italian neurologist (d.
1963)
. 1877 -
Alfred Cortot,
Swiss pianist (d.
1962)
. 1886 -
Archibald Vivian Hill,
English physiologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
1977)
. 1887 -
Edwin Keppel Bennett,
British writer (d.
1958)
. 1887 -
Antonio Moreno,
Spanish-born actor (d.
1967)
. 1887 -
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis,
British scientist, engineer and inventor (d.
1979)
. 1888 -
J. Frank Dobie,
American folklorist and newspaper columnist (d.
1964)
. 1888 -
T. S. Eliot,
American-born writer and editor,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
1965)
. 1889 -
Martin Heidegger,
German philosopher (d.
1976)
. 1891 -
Charles Munch,
French conductor and violinist (d.
1968)
. 1895 -
George Raft,
American actor (d.
1980)
. 1897 -
Arthur Rhys Davids,
English pilot (d.
1917)
. 1897 -
Pope Paul VI
(d.
1978)
. 1898 -
George Gershwin,
American composer (d.
1937)
. 1905 -
Emilio Navarro,
Puerto Rican Baseball Player
. 1907 -
Anthony Blunt,
English art historian and Soviet spy (d.
1983)
. 1907 -
Bep van Klaveren,
Dutch boxer (d.
1992)
. 1909 -
Bill France, Sr.,
American founder of NASCAR (d.
1992)
. 1914 -
Jack LaLanne,
American fitness advocate
. 1917 -
Réal Caouette,
French Canadian politician, leader of the
Social Credit Party of Canada
(d.
1976)
. 1923 -
Dev Anand,
Indian actor and film producer
. 1925 -
Marty Robbins,
American singer (d.
1982)
. 1926 -
Masatoshi Koshiba,
Japanese physicist,
Nobel Prize
laureate
. 1926 -
Julie London,
American singer and actress (d.
2000)
. 1927 -
Patrick O'Neal,
American actor (d.
1994)
. 1930 -
Fritz Wunderlich,
German tenor (d.
1966)
. 1932 -
Richard Herd,
American actor
. 1932 -
Dr. Manmohan Singh,
Prime Minister of India
. 1932 -
Vladimir Voinovich,
Russian writer and dissident
. 1933 -
Donna Douglas,
American actress
. 1936 -
Winnie Mandela,
South African anti-apartheid activist
. 1941 -
Salvatore Accardo,
Italian violinist and conductor
. 1942 -
Kent McCord,
American actor
. 1943 -
Ian Chappell,
Australian test cricket player and broadcaster
. 1944 -
Anne Robinson,
British television host
. 1945 -
Bryan Ferry,
British singer
. 1945 -
Gal Costa,
Brazilian singer
. 1945 -
Louise Beaudoin,
Quebec
politician
. 1946 -
Andrea Dworkin,
American feminist (d.
2005)
. 1946 -
Christine Todd Whitman,
American politician
. 1947 -
Lynn Anderson,
American singer
. 1948 -
Olivia Newton-John,
British-born Australian singer and actress
. 1949 -
Clodoaldo,
Brazilian football player
. 1951 -
Sahida Khan,
pioneering South African Pre-School Educator
. 1951 -
Stuart Tosh,
Scottish musician
. 1953 -
Aivars Lembergs,
Latvian politician
. 1954 -
Kevin Kennedy,
baseball manager and television host
. 1956 -
Linda Hamilton,
American actress
. 1956 -
Steve Butler,
American racecar driver
. 1959 -
Rich Gedman,
American baseball player
. 1961 -
Will Self,
British author
. 1961 -
Cindy Herron,
American singer (
En Vogue)
. 1962 -
Melissa Sue Anderson,
American actress
. 1962 -
Peter Foster,
Australian con-man
. 1963 -
Lysette Anthony,
British actress
. 1964 -
Nicki French,
British singer
. 1966 -
Jillian Barberie,
Canadian actress and television hostess
. 1967 -
Shannon Hoon,
American singer (
Blind Melon)
(d.
1995)
. 1968 -
James Caviezel,
American actor
. 1969 -
Paul Warhurst,
English football player
. 1969 -
Anthony Kavanagh,
Québécois
comedian, actor and singer
. 1972 -
Ras Kass,
American rapper
. 1972 -
Shawn Stockman,
American R&B singer (
Boyz II Men)
. 1973 -
Chris Small,
Scottish snooker player
. 1974 -
Martin Müürsepp,
Estonian basketball player
. 1975 -
Emma Härdelin,
Swedish singer (
Garmarna
and
Triakel)
. 1976 -
Michael Ballack,
German footballer
. 1977 -
Kaylynn,
porn star
. 1980 -
Patrick Friesacher,
Austrian race car driver
. 1981 -
Christina Milian,
American actress and singer
. 1981 -
Serena Williams,
American tennis player
. 1983 -
Ricardo Quaresma,
Portuguese footballer
. 1986 -
Ashley Leggat,
Canadian actress
. 1987 -
Rosie Munter,
Swedish singer and model (
Play)
list end

Deaths
List of 35 items
. 1417 -
Francesco Zabarella,
Italian jurist (b.
1360)
. 1468 -
Juan de Torquemada,
Spanish Catholic cardinal (b.
1388)
. 1620 -
Taichang Emperor
of China (b.
1582)
. 1626 -
Wakisaka Yasuharu,
Japanese warrior (b.
1554)
. 1716 -
Antoine Parent,
French mathematician (b.
1666)
. 1763 -
John Byron,
English poet (b.
1692)
. 1764 -
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro,
Spanish scholar (b.
1767)
. 1802 -
Baron
Jurij Vega,
Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and military officer (b.
1754)
. 1820 -
Daniel Boone,
American frontiersman (b.
1734)
. 1868 -
August Ferdinand Möbius,
German mathematician and astronomer (b.
1790)
. 1877 -
Hermann Grassmann,
German mathematician and physicist (b.
1809)
. 1902 -
Levi Strauss,
American clothing manufacturer (b.
1829)
. 1904 -
John F. Stairs,
Canadian businessman and statesman (b.
1848)
. 1937 -
Bessie Smith,
American singer (b.
1894)
. 1945 -
Béla Bartók,
Hungarian composer (b.
1881)
. 1947 -
Hugh Lofting,
British writer (b.
1886)
. 1951 -
Hans Cloos,
German geologist (b.
1885)
. 1952 -
George Santayana,
Spanish philosopher (b.
1863)
. 1965 -
James Fitzmaurice,
Irish aviation pioneer (b.
1898)
. 1968 -
Daniel Johnson, Sr,
politician,
premier of Québec
(b.
1915)
. 1972 -
Charles Correll,
American radio actor (b.
1890)
. 1973 -
Ralph Earnhardt,
Race car driver (b.
1923)
. 1973 -
Anna Magnani,
Italian actress (b.
1908)
. 1976 -
Lavoslav Ruzicka,
Croatian chemist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1887)
. 1978 -
Manne Siegbahn,
Swedish physicist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1886)
. 1983 -
Tino Rossi,
French singer and actor (b.
1907)
. 1984 -
John Facenda,
American broadcaster and sports announcer (b.
1913)
. 1990 -
Alberto Moravia,
Italian author.
. 1991 -
Billy Vaughn,
orchestra leader (b.
1919)
. 1998 -
Betty Carter,
American singer (b.
1930)
. 2000 -
Richard Mulligan,
American actor (b.
1932)
. 2000 -
Baden Powell,
Brazilian guitarist (b.
1937)
. 2003 -
Robert Palmer,
British singer (b.
1949)
. 2003 -
Shawn Lane,
American guitarist (b.
1963)
. 2004 -
Marianna Komlos,
professional wrestling valet (b.
1969)
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Holidays and observances
List of 5 items
. Calendar of Saints -
Sts. Cosmas and Damian
. Also see
September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
. Discordianism -
Bureflux
. European Day of Languages
. French Republican Calendar -
Cheval (Horse)
Day, fifth day in the
Month of Vendémiaire
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