September 26
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September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1329 – Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)
- 1406 – Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
- 1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl of Temple, English politician (d. 1779)
- 1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American folk hero (d. 1847)
- 1793 – William Hobson, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
- 1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Bengali scholar (d. 1891)
- 1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, French-Canadian politician (d. 1923)
- 1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist (d. 1936)
- 1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English pilot and ornithologist (d. 1937)
- 1867 – Winsor McCay, American animator (d. 1934)
- 1869 – Komitas Vardapet, Armenian composer (d. 1935)
- 1870 – King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
- 1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet (d. 1945)
- 1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet and Muslim nationalist (d. 1952)
- 1877 – Alfred Cortot, French pianist (d. 1962)
- 1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963)
- 1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966)
- 1886 – Archibald Hill, English mathematician, won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1977)
- 1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor (d. 1967)
- 1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and inventor (d. 1979)
- 1888 – T. S. Eliot, American poet (d. 1965)
- 1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)
- 1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
- 1898 – George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937)
- 1910 – Delfin Benitez Caceres, Paraguayan footballer (d. 2004)
- 1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
- 1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Cyprian Ekwensi, Nigerian writer (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, claimant to Russian throne
- 1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer (d. 1982)
- 1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
- 1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor
- 1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer (d. 2010)
- 1930 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)
- 1932 – Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
- 1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African activist
- 1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian politician
- 1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer
- 1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, British actor
- 1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and composer
- 1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer
- 1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician, Governor of Arizona
- 1944 – Anne Robinson, British TV presenter
- 1945 – Bryan Ferry, British singer
- 1946 – Radhna Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
- 1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer
- 1948 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer
- 1948 – Olivia Newton-John, singer and actress
- 1949 – Minette Walters, British novelist
- 1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress
- 1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer
- 1958 – Rudi Cerne, German ice skater and TV presenter
- 1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer
- 1960 – Jouke de Vries, Frisian politician and professor
- 1961 – Will Self, British author
- 1962 – Mark Haddon, British author
- 1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
- 1962 – Al Mitrelli, Italian guitarist (Megadeth)
- 1968 – James Caviezel, American actor
- 1969 – Holger Stanislawski, German football manager
- 1969 – Anthony Cavanagh, French-Canadian comedian, actor and singer
- 1973 – Chris Small, Scottish snooker player
- 1975 – Jake Paltrow, American director
- 1976 – Michael Ballack, German footballer
- 1979 – Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1979 – Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
- 1980 – Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1980 – Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 – Christina Milian, American singer
- 1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player
- 1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 – Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian singer
- 1987 – Rosie Munter, Swedish singer
- 1989 – Emma Rigby, English actress
- 2000 – Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah II of Jordan
Deaths [change]
- 1290 – Margaret, Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland (b. 1283)
- 1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)
- 1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal (b. 1388)
- 1620 – Taicheng, Chinese Emperor (b. 1582)
- 1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
- 1763 – John Byron, English poet (b. 1692)
- 1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)
- 1820 – Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (b. 1734)
- 1877 – Hermann Grossmann, German polymath (b. 1809)
- 1902 – Levi Strauss, German-born clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)
- 1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Irish-Greek writer (b. 1850)
- 1904 – John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b. 1848)
- 1937 – Bessie Smith, American blues singer (b. 1894)
- 1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881)
- 1947 – Hugh Lofting, English writer (b. 1886)
- 1952 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher (b. 1863)
- 1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
- 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of present-day Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
- 1976 – Lavoslav Ruzicka, Croatian chemist (b. 1887)
- 1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (b. 1886)
- 1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)
- 1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (b. 1907)
- 1996 – Geoffrey Wilkinson, British chemist (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1929)
- 2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
- 2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist (b. 1963)
- 2003 – Robert Palmer, British singer (b. 1949)
- 2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, alleged Tokyo Rose (b. 1916)
- 2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
- 2008 – Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)
Events [change]
- 1087 – William II of England is crowned king.
- 1580 – Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation (voyage around the world).
- 1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Francesco Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
- 1687 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, later known as the Glorious Revolution.
- 1777 – British forces occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War.
- 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State.
- 1810 – The Riksdag (Swedish parliament) passes the Act of Succession, allowing Jean Baptiste Bernadotte to become heir to the throne of Sweden.
- 1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland are given Dominion status.
- 1914 – The US Federal Trade Commission is established.
- 1933 – A hurricane in Tampico, Mexico kills 1,000 people.
- 1934 – The steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
- 1941 – Off the Azores, British passenger steamer Avoceta is torpedoed by a German U-boat. It sinks within two minutes, killing 123 people.
- 1944 – World War II: The Allies abandon Operation Market Garden.
- 1950 – Indonesia is admitted to the UN.
- 1950 – Korean War: UN forces re-capture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 1954 – Japanese railway ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon, killing 1,172 people.
- 1960 – The first televised United States Presidential debate takes place, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
- 1960 – Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the Soviet Union.
- 1962 – The Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed.
- 1983 – Sailing: The Yacht Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending a 132-year US winning streak.
- 1984 – The United Kingdom agrees to the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.
- 1997 – A plane crash in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, kills 234 people.
- 1997 – A major Earthquake strikes central Italy.
- 2001 – The Polish Wikipedia is launched.
- 2002 – A Senegalese ferry capsizes near the Gambia, killing more than 1,000 people.
- 2006 – Shinzo Abe becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
- 2007 – Yasuo Fukuda becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
- 2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes the first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
- 2009 – Typhoon Ketsana strikes the Philippines.
