September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 96 days remain until the end of the year.
Contents
1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 References
6 External links
Events[edit]
46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
1212 – The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
1687 – Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
1688 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
1789 – George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.[1]
1799 – War of the 2nd Coalition: Franco-Swiss troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.[2]
1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.[3]
1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
1907 – Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
1910 – Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.[4]
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
1923 – The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
1934 – The ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.[5]
1942 – Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
1950 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1953 – Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
1954 – The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by the Beatles, is released.
1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1980 – At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 – Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
1984 – The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan 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) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2000 – The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
2005 – The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
Births[edit]
932 – Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (d. 975)
1329 – Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (d. 1353)[6]
1406 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
1462 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves (d. 1506)[7]
1526 – Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1569)
1637 – Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (d. 1714)[8]
1641 – Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (d. 1712)
1651 – Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, Philadelphia (d. 1720)[9]
1660 – George William, Duke of Liegnitz (d. 1675)
1698 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (d. 1755)[10]
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)
1783 – Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (d. 1858)
1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891)
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)
1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1848 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)[11]
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)[12]
1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor (d. 1959)[13]
1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)[14]
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963)
1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1877 – Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (d. 1958)
1878 – Walter Steinbeck, German actor (d. 1942)
1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)
1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 – T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1976)
1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 – William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (d. 1985)
1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1891 – Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1953)
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (d. 1970)
1894 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German general (d. 1952)
1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1901 – Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (d. 1963)
1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 – Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (d. 1984)
1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 – Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)
1918 – Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (d. 2000)
1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)
1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (d. 2015)
1923 – James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat
1924 – Jean Hoerni, Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (d. 1997)
1925 – Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007)
1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor (d. 2019)
1928 – Wilford White, American football player (d. 2013)
1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor (d. 2018)
1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author (d. 2020)
1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India
1932 – Donna Douglas, American actress (d. 2015)
1932 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (d. 1987)
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet (d. 2018)
1934 – Neil Coles, English golfer and architect
1935 – Bob Barber, English cricketer
1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter (d. 2010)
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (d. 2018)
1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003)
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (d. 2015)
1938 – Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter[15]
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1941 – Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress
1941 – David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Kent McCord, American actor
1942 – Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (d. 2004)
1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian race car driver
1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
1944 – Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic
1944 – Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host
1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician
1945 – Gal Costa, Brazilian singer[16]
1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005)[17]
1946 – John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
1946 – Louise Simonson, American author
1946 – Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister[18]
1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
1947 – Dick Roth, American swimmer
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager
1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (d. 2013)
1949 – Jane Smiley, American novelist
1949 – Minette Walters, English journalist and author
1950 – Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2020)
1951 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer and manager
1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress
1953 – Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic
1953 – Paul Stephenson, English police officer
1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1954 – Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer
1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress
1957 – Bob Staake, American author and illustrator
1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Dweck, American photographer and director
1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
1958 – Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
1958 – Kenny Sansom, English footballer
1958 – Richard B. Weldon Jr., American sailor and politician
1959 – Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist
1959 – Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer
1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
1960 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
1960 – Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress
1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
1961 – Will Self, English novelist and journalist
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress
1962 – Peter Foster, Australian criminal
1962 – Mark Haddon, English author and poet
1962 – Steve Moneghetti, Australian runner
1962 – Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter
1962 – Tracey Thorn, English singer-songwriter and writer
1962 – Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host
1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
1964 – Nicki French, English singer and actress
1964 – Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
2015 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928)
2015 – Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927)
2019 – Jacques Chirac, French politician and President of France (b. 1932) [24]
Holidays and observances[edit]
Christian feast days:
Canadian Martyrs (Roman Catholic Church in Canada)
Cosmas and Damian
John of Meda
Nilus the Younger
Wilson Carlile (Anglican)
September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)
Dominion Day (New Zealand)
European Day of Languages (European Union)
National Good Neighbor Day (United States)
Revolution Day (Yemen)
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^Das, Bijoyeta. "BUILDING BRIDGES, BUILDING PEACE:The Life and Work of Claudette Werleigh of Haiti" (PDF). University of San Diego. p. 15.