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September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining.
Events
- 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 .
- 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 .
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- 1934 - Steamship RMS ''Queen Mary'' is launched.
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- 1950 - United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Korea ns.
- 1954 - Japanese rail ferry '' Toya Maru '' sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait , Japan killing 1,172.
- 1957 - Leonard Bernstein's '' West Side Story '' 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 .
- 1973 - Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
- 1970 - The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County , California , burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
- 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.
- 2002 - The overcrowded Senegalese ferry '' 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
Births
- 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 )
- 1774 - Johnny Appleseed , American environmentalist (d. 1847 )
- 1791 - Théodore Géricault , French painter (d. 1824 )
- 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 )
- 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 - 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 )
- 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
- 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 )
- 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
- 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
- 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 - Stuart Tosh , Scottish musician
- 1954 - Kevin Kennedy , baseball manager and television host
- 1956 - Linda Hamilton , American actress
- 1956 - Steve Butler , American Racecar Driver
- 1961 - Will Self , British author
- 1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson , American actress
- 1962 - Peter Foster , Australian con-man
- 1963 - Lysette Anthony , British actress
- 1964 - Nicki French , British singer
- 1967 - Shannon Hoon , American singer ( Blind Melon ) (d. 1995 )
- 1968 - James Caviezel , American actor
- 1969 - Paul Warhurst , English football player
- 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
- 1981 - Christina Milian , American actress and singer
- 1981 - Serena Williams , American tennis player
- 1983 - Ricardo Quaresma , Portuguese footballer
Deaths
- 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 )
- 1763 - John Byrom , 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 )
- 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 )
- 1972 - Charles Correll , American radio actor (b. 1890 )
- 1976 - Lavoslav Ružička , Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887 )
- 1978 - Manne Siegbahn , Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886 )
- 1984 - John Facenda , American broadcaster and sports announcer (b. 1913 )
- 1998 - Betty Carter , American singer (b. 1930 )
- 2000 - Richard Mulligan , American actor (b. 1932 )
- 2003 - Robert Palmer , British singer (b. 1949 )
- 2003 - Shawn Lane , American guitarist (b. 1963 )
Holidays and observations
External links
September 25 - September 27 - August 26 - October 26 - more Historical Anniversaries
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