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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 in the year on this date.
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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links
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 .
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 .
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.
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 .
1950 - Indonesia admitted to the United Nations .
1954 - Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait , Japan killing 1,172.
1957 - West Side Story ,Arthur Laurents , Leonard Bernstein , and Stephen Sondheim , directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins opens on Broadway .
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.
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 UK .
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 American winner, wins the Americas Cup .
1984 - United Kingdom agrees handover of Hong Kong .
1987 - Long running children's TV show ChuckleVision begins.
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 Paros . 82 people where killed.
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 )
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 (d. 1937 )
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 - Wacław 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 )
1893 - Gladys Brockwell , American actress (d. 1929 )
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 )
1919 - Matilde Camus , Spanish poet and researcher
1922 - Nicholas Romanov , French-born pretender to the Russian throne
1923 - Dev Anand , Indian actor and film producer
1925 - Marty Robbins , American singer (d. 1982 )
1926 - Julie London , American singer and actress (d. 2000 )
1927 - Patrick O'Neal , American actor (d. 1994 )
1928 - Bob Van der Veken , Belgian actor
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
1937 - Jerry Weintraub , American film producer
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
1949 - Jane Smiley , American novelist
1951 - Stuart Tosh , Scottish musician
1952 - Predrag Miletić , Serbian actor from Nis
1953 - Aivars Lembergs , Latvian politician
1954 - Kevin Kennedy , baseball manager and television host
1955 - Carlene Carter , American singer
1956 - Linda Hamilton , American actress
1956 - Steve Butler , American racecar driver
1958 - Richard B. Weldon, Jr. , American politician
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
1965 - Alexandra Lencastre , Portuguese actress
1966 - Jillian Barberie , Canadian actress and television hostess
1966 - Christos Dantis , Greek composer and singer
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 - Marty Casey , American singer (Lovehammers )
1973 - Chris Small , Scottish snooker player
1973 - Olga Vasdeki , Greek triple jumper
1974 - Martin Müürsepp , Estonian basketball player
1975 - Emma Härdelin , Swedish singer (Garmarna and Triakel )
1976 - Michael Ballack , German footballer
1977 - Kaylynn , porn star
1978 - Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot , Boston Marathon record holder
1979 - Fuifui Moimoi , New Zealand (Tongan) Rugby League player
1979 - Jon Harley , English footballer
1980 - Patrick Friesacher , Austrian race car driver
1980 - Henrik and Daniel Sedin , Swedish professional ice hockey players
1981 - Aras Baskauskas , winner of Survivor: Exile Island 1981 - Collien Fernandes , German TV host and actress
1981 - Christina Milian , American actress and singer
1981 - Serena Williams , American tennis player
1982 - Miguel Alfredo Portillo , Argentine footballer
1983 - Ricardo Quaresma , Portuguese footballer
1983 - Samantha Hammel , American record producer and actress
1985 - Lenna Kuurmaa , Estonian singer
1986 - Ashley Leggat , Canadian actress
1987 - Rosie Munter , Swedish singer and model (Play )
1988 - Kiira Korpi , Finnish figure skater
Deaths 1417 - Francesco Zabarella , Italian jurist (b. 1360 )
1468 - Juan de Torquemada , Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388 )
1501 - Džore Držić , 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 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 , American race car driver (b. 1923 )
1973 - Anna Magnani , Italian actress (b. 1908 )
1976 - Lavoslav Ružička , Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887 )
1978 - Manne Siegbahn , Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886 )
1982 - Alec Hurwood , Australian cricketer (b. 1902 )
1983 - Tino Rossi , French singer and actor (b. 1907 )
1984 - John Facenda , American broadcaster and sports announcer (b. 1913 )
1984 - Paquirri , Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948 )
1990 - Alberto Moravia , Italian author (b. 1907 )
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 - Dan Snyder , Canadian hockey player (Atlanta Thrashers ) (b. 1978 )
2003 - Robert Palmer , British singer (b. 1949 )
2003 - Shawn Lane , American guitarist (b. 1963 )
2003 - George Plimpton , American writer and actor (b. 1927 )
2004 - Marianna Komlos , professional wrestling valet (b. 1969 )
2006 - Muharrem Qena , Kosovar actor, director and singer (b. 1930 )
2006 - Byron Nelson , American golfer (b. 1912 )
2006 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino , alleged Tokyo Rose (b. 1916 )
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