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.
[edit] Events
- 46 BC Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.
- 715 Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiθgne.
- 1212 Golden Bull of Sicily is certified as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
- 1580 Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
- 1687 The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by 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, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- 1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
- 1786 Protestors shut down the court in Springfield, Massachusetts in a military standoff that begins Shays' Rebellion.
- 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.
- 1792 Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
- 1810 A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
- 1872 The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
- 1907 New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
- 1908 Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1914 The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1917 World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- 1918 World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
- 1923 Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations.
- 1934 Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
- 1942 The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher official of the SS concentration camp administration department, issues a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated".
- 1944 World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.
- 1944 World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting.
- 1950 United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 1950 Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
- 1954 Japanese rail ferry Toya 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.
- 1960 Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the U.S.S.R.
- 1970 The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (709.92 km2).
- 1971 The Freetown Christiania was founded.
- 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 likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
- 1984 The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong
- 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) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
- 2000 The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
- 2001 Polish Wikipedia was started.
- 2002 The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of The Gambia killing more than 1,000.
- 2008 Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
- 2009 Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
[edit] Births
- 1329 Queen Anna of Bavaria 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 Temple, English politician (d. 1779)
- 1750 Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
- 1758 Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician (d. 1820)
- 1767 Wenzel Mόller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
- 1774 Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1845)
- 1791 Thιodore Gιricault, French painter (d. 1824)
- 1792 William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
- 1820 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Bengali scholar (d. 1891)
- 1840 Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923)
- 1843 Joseph Furphy, Australian novelist (as "Tom Collins"; d. 1912)
- 1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
- 1865 Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English pilot and ornithologist (d. 1937)
- 1867 Winsor McCay, American animator (d. 1934)
- 1869 Komitas, Armenian composer (d. 1935)
- 1870 King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
- 1872 Max Ehrmann, American poet (Desiderata) (d. 1945)
- 1873 Wacław Berent, Polish novelist and translator (d. 1940)
- 1873 Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949)
- 1874 Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
- 1875 Edmund Gwenn, Welsh actor (d. 1959)
- 1876 Edith Abbott, American social worker and author (d. 1957)
- 1876 Philip Kassel, American gymnast (d. 1959)
- 1876 Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet and Muslim nationalist (d. 1952)
- 1877 Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963)
- 1877 Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962)
- 1881 Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan figure (d. 1966)
- 1884 J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (d. 1951)
- 1886 Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1977)
- 1887 Edwin Keppel Bennett, English writer (d. 1958)
- 1887 Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor (d. 1967)
- 1887 Sir Barnes Wallis, English scientist and inventor (d. 1979)
- 1888 J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist (d. 1964)
- 1888 T. S. Eliot, American-born British writer and poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
- 1889 Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
- 1889 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)
- 1891 Charles Mόnch, French conductor and violinist (d. 1968)
- 1892 Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (d. 1970)
- 1893 Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
- 1895 George Raft, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1895 Jόrgen Stroop, German Nazi SS officer (d. 1952)
- 1897 Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
- 1897 Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (d. 1917)
- 1898 George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937)
- 1900 Suzanne Belperron, French Jewelry designer (d. 1983)
- 1905 Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
- 1907 Anthony Blunt, English art historian and Soviet spy (d. 1983)
- 1907 Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
- 1909 Bill France, Sr., American car racing executive (d. 1992)
- 1909 A. P. Hamann, American politician (d. 1977)
- 1911 Al Helfer, American radio sportscaster (d. 1975)
- 1913 Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
- 1914 Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert (d. 2011)
- 1914 Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
- 1917 Rιal Caouette, French Canadian politician (d. 1976)
- 1917 Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1918 John Zacherle, American television host
- 1919 Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
- 1919 Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and researcher
- 1922 Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)
- 1922 Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, French-born pretender to the Russian throne
- 1923 Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer (d. 2012)
- 1925 Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player
- 1925 Marty Robbins, American singer (d. 1982)
- 1926 Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
- 1926 Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist
- 1927 Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (d. 1990)
- 1927 Robert Cade, American physician and beverage inventor (d. 2007)
- 1927 Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1927 Enzo Bearzot, Italian football player and manager (d. 2010)
- 1928 Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor
- 1930 Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)
- 1930 Joe Brown, English mountaineer
- 1931 Kenneth Parnell, American convicted sex offender (d. 2008)
- 1932 Richard Herd, American actor
- 1932 Dr. Manmohan Singh, Indian politician
- 1932 Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer and dissident
- 1933 Donna Douglas, American actress
- 1935 Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)
- 1936 Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist
- 1937 Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician (d. 2003)
- 1937 Jerry Weintraub, American film producer
- 1938 Lars Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
- 1939 Ricky Tomlinson, English actor
- 1941 Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
- 1941 Martine Beswick, English actress and model
- 1942 Kent McCord, American actor
- 1943 Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and broadcaster
- 1943 Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver
- 1944 Anne Robinson, English television host
- 1945 Louise Beaudoin, French-Canadian politician
- 1945 Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
- 1945 Bryan Ferry, English singer (Roxy Music)
- 1946 Andrea Dworkin, American feminist (d. 2005)
- 1946 Togo Igawa, Japanese actor
- 1946 Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
- 1946 Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
- 1946 Louise Simonson, American comic book writer and editor
- 1947 Lynn Anderson, American country music singer
- 1947 Philippe Lavil, French singer
- 1948 Olivia Newton-John, English-born Australian singer and actress
- 1949 Clodoaldo, Brazilian football player
- 1949 Jane Smiley, American novelist
- 1949 Marie Tifo, Canadian actress
- 1949 Minette Walters, English novelist
- 1951 Ronald DeFeo, Jr., American murderer
- 1951 Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician
- 1952 Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor
- 1953 Joe Benigno, American radio personality
- 1953 Dolores Keane, Irish folk singer
- 1954 Kevin Kennedy, American baseball manager
- 1954 Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
- 1955 Carlene Carter, American singer
- 1956 Steve Butler, American racing driver
- 1956 Linda Hamilton, American actress
- 1958 Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American politician
- 1958 Robert Kagan, American historian
- 1958 Darby Crash, American singer (The Germs) (d. 1980)
- 1959 Rich Gedman, American baseball player
- 1961 Charlotte Fich, Danish actress
- 1961 Cindy Herron, American singer (En Vogue)
- 1961 Will Self, English author
- 1962 Mark Haddon, English author
- 1962 Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
- 1962 Peter Foster, Australian con artist
- 1962 Lawrence Leritz, Broadway dancer, choreographer, producer
- 1962 Al Pitrelli, American guitarist (Megadeth)
- 1963 Lysette Anthony, English actress
- 1963 Joe Nemechek, American NASCAR driver
- 1964 Nicki French, English singer
- 1964 Dave Martinez, American baseball player
- 1964 John Tempesta, American drummer (White Zombie, Helmet, Testament)
- 1965 Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress
- 1966 Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and television hostess
- 1966 Christos Dantis, Greek composer and singer
- 1966 Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
- 1967 Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer
- 1967 Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
- 1967 Kara Saun, American designer
- 1968 James Caviezel, American actor
- 1968 Ben Shenkman, American actor
- 1969 Anthony Kavanagh, French-Canadian comedian, actor and singer
- 1969 Andy Petterson, Australian footballer
- 1969 Holger Stanislawski, German footballer
- 1969 Paul Warhurst, English footballer
- 1970 Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress
- 1972 Ras Kass, American rapper
- 1972 Melanie Paxson, American actress
- 1972 Shawn Stockman, American singer (Boyz II Men)
- 1973 Marty Casey, American singer (Lovehammers)
- 1973 Chris Small, Scottish snooker player
- 1973 Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
- 1974 Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
- 1974 Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer
- 1974 Martin Mόόrsepp, Estonian basketball player
- 1975 Emma Hδrdelin, Swedish singer (Garmarna, Triakel)
- 1975 Jake Paltrow, American film director
- 1976 Michael Ballack, German footballer
- 1976 Tyler Denk, American model and reality show contestant
- 1976 Sami Vanska, Finnish bassist (Nightwish)
- 1977 Andrι Hunger, German artist and designer
- 1977 Kaylynn, American pornographic actress
- 1978 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan long-distance runner
- 1979 Jon Harley, English footballer
- 1979 Simon Kirch, German sprinter
- 1979 Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1979 Fuifui Moimoi, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- 1979 Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
- 1979 Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor
- 1980 Jane Darling, Czech porn model/actress
- 1980 Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver
- 1980 Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
- 1980 Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1980 Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 Aras Baskauskas, American reality show contestant
- 1981 Christina Milian, American actress and singer
- 1981 Collien Ulmen-Fernandes, German TV host and actress
- 1981 Serena Williams, American tennis player
- 1982 Rob Burrow, English rugby player
- 1982 Simon Picone, Italian rugby player
- 1982 Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer
- 1982 Jon Richardson, British comedian
- 1983 Samantha Hammel, American record producer and actress
- 1983 D'Qwell Jackson, American football player
- 1983 Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer
- 1983 Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
- 1984 Thore Schφlermann, German actor
- 1985 Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
- 1985 Talulah Riley, English actress
- 1986 Rebecca Lim, Singaporean actress
- 1986 Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress
- 1987 Rosie Munter, Swedish singer (Play)
- 1988 Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
- 1988 Marina Kuroki, Japanese actress
- 1988 Mark Simpson, English clarinetist and composer
- 1989 Nesma Mahgoub, Egyptian singer
- 1989 Emma Rigby, English actress
- 2000 Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah II of Jordan
[edit] Deaths
- 1417 Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)
- 1468 Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
- 1501 Dore Drić, Croatian writer (b. 1461)
- 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 Jerσnimo Feijσo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)
- 1800 William Billings, American choral composer (b. 1746)
- 1802 Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)
- 1820 Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (b. 1734)
- 1868 August Ferdinand Mφbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
- 1877 Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
- 1902 Levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)
- 1904 Lafcadio Hearn, Greek writer (b. 1850)
- 1904 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b. 1848)
- 1908 Samuel Duvall, American archer (b. 1836)
- 1935 Ivαn Persa, Hungarian Slovene writer and catholic priest (b. 1861)
- 1937 Bessie Smith, American singer (b. 1894)
- 1945 Bιla Bartσk, Hungarian composer (b. 1881)
- 1946 William Strunk Jr., American professor and author (b. 1869)
- 1947 Hugh Lofting, English writer (b. 1886)
- 1951 Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)
- 1952 George Ducker, Canadian football player (b. 1871)
- 1952 George Santayana, Spanish philosopher (b. 1863)
- 1953 Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)
- 1954 Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
- 1957 Arthur Powell Davies, American religious minister (b. 1902)
- 1959 Sir Leslie Morshead, Australian soldier (b. 1889)
- 1963 Otto Christman, Canadian football player (b. 1880)
- 1965 James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
- 1968 Lipman Heilprin, Israeli physician and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1902)
- 1968 Daniel Johnson, Sr., French-Canadian politician (b. 1915)
- 1968 Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
- 1972 Charles Correll, American radio actor (b. 1890)
- 1973 Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
- 1973 Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908)
- 1976 Lavoslav Ruička, Croatian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1887)
- 1978 Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
- 1979 Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1982 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
- 1983 Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)
- 1984 John Facenda, American sports announcer (b. 1913)
- 1984 Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
- 1987 Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer, made the first ascent of Cho Oyu in 1954 (b. 1912)
- 1987 Ramang, Indonesian former footballer (b. 1928)
- 1989 Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer and composer (b. 1920)
- 1990 Alberto Moravia, Italian author (b. 1907)
- 1991 Billy Vaughn, American bandleader (b. 1919)
- 1996 Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
- 1998 Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
- 1999 Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
- 1999 Bernadette O'Farrell, Irish actress (b. 1924)
- 2000 Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2000 Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
- 2003 Shawn Lane, American guitarist (b. 1963)
- 2003 Robert Palmer, English singer (b. 1949)
- 2004 Marianna Komlos, professional wrestling valet (b. 1969)
- 2005 Helen Cresswell, British author (b. 1934)
- 2006 Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
- 2006 Iva Toguri D'Aquino, alleged Tokyo Rose (b. 1916)
- 2007 Bill Wirtz, American sports team owner (b. 1929)
- 2008 Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (b. 1942)
- 2008 Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2010 Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2011 Bob Cassilly, American Artist and Founder of the St. Louis City Museum (b. 1949)
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