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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.
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 Compiègne .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 .1783 – Fayette County, Pennsylvania is 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.1820 – Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson proved tomatoes weren't poisonous by eating several on the steps of the courthouse in Salem, New Jersey .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 .1918 – World War I : The Meuse-Argonne Offensive , the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.1934 – Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.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 the North Koreans .1950 – Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations .
1954 – Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait , Japan killing 1,172.1960 – 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.
1962 – The Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed.1969 – The Beatles release their last studio album, Abbey Road . To some fans it is the last release of the band, instead of Let It Be which came out in 1970 shortly before their break-up.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 – The United Kingdom agrees to 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.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola 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 .
Births
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 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 .1767 – Wenzel Müller , Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)1774 – Johnny Appleseed , American environmentalist (d. 1845)1791 – Théodore Géricault , French painter (d. 1824)1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , Bengali scholar (d. 1891)1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon , French Canadian politician (d. 1923)1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford , English pilot and ornithologist (d. 1937)1869 – Komitas , Armenian composer (d. 1935)1870 – King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)1871 – Winsor McCay , American cartoonist (d. 1934)1873 – Wacław Berent , Polish novelist and translator (d. 1940)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 – Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang , a poet and a prominent Indian/Pakistani Muslim leader (d.1952 )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)
1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans , American member of the Ku Klux Klan (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-born actor (d. 1967)
1887 – Sir Barnes Wallis , English scientist, engineer 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 – Martin Heidegger , German philosopher (d. 1976)1891 – Charles Münch , French conductor and violinist (d. 1968)1893 – Gladys Brockwell , American actress (d. 1929)1895 – George Raft , American actor (d. 1980)1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)1897 – Arthur Rhys Davids , English pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin , American composer (d. 1937)1905 – Emilio Navarro , Puerto Rican baseball player1907 – 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)1911 – Al Helfer , American radio sportscaster (d. 1975)1913 – Frank Brimsek , American ice hockey player (d. 1998)1914 – Jack LaLanne , American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert1914 – Achille Compagnoni , Italian mountaineer, one of the first to reach the summit of K2
1917 – Réal Caouette , French Canadian politician (d. 1976)1919 – Barbara Britton , American actress (d. 1980)1919 – Matilde Camus , Spanish poet and researcher
1922 – Nicholas Romanov , French-born pretender to the Russian throne1923 – Dev Anand , Indian actor and film producer1924 – Marcello Mastroianni , Italian actor (d. 1996)1925 – Norm Dussault , American ice hockey player1925 – Marty Robbins , American singer (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London , American singer and actress (d. 2000)1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer , Austrian Indo-European 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)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken , Belgian actor1930 – Fritz Wunderlich , German tenor (d. 1966)1930 – Joe Brown , English mountain climber
1932 – Richard Herd , American actor1932 – Dr. Manmohan Singh , Prime Minister of India
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich , Russian writer and dissident
1933 – Donna Douglas , American actress1935 – Joe Sherlock , Irish Labour Party politician (d. 2007)1936 – Winnie Mandela , South African anti-apartheid activist1937 – Valentin Pavlov , Soviet politician (d. 2003)1937 – Jerry Weintraub , American film producer
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson , English actor1941 – Salvatore Accardo , Italian violinist and conductor1942 – Kent McCord , American actor1943 – Ian Chappell , Australian cricketer and broadcaster1943 – Tim Schenken , Australian racing driver
1944 – Anne Robinson , English television host1945 – Louise Beaudoin , French Canadian politician1945 – Gal Costa , Brazilian singer
1945 – Bryan Ferry , English singer (Roxy Music )
1946 – Andrea Dworkin , American feminist (d. 2005)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 singer1948 – Olivia Newton-John , English-born Australian singer and actress1949 – Clodoaldo , Brazilian football player1949 – Jane Smiley , American novelist
1949 – Minette Walters , English novelist
1951 – Stuart Tosh , Scottish musician1952 – Predrag Miletić , Serbian actor1953 – Joe Benigno , American radio personality1953 – Dolores Keane , Irish folk singer
1953 – Aivars Lembergs , Latvian politician
1954 – Kevin Kennedy , American baseball manager and television host1955 – Carlene Carter , American singer1956 – Steve Butler , American racing driver1956 – Linda Hamilton , American actress
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr. , American politician1958 – Robert Kagan , American historian
1959 – Rich Gedman , American baseball player1959 – Darby Crash , American Singer (The Germs ) (d. 1980)
1961 – Will Self , English author1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson , American actress1962 – Peter Foster , Australian con-man
1963 – Lysette Anthony , English actress1964 – Nicki French , English singer1965 – Cindy Herron , American singer (En Vogue )1965 – Alexandra Lencastre , Portuguese actress
1966 – Jillian Barberie , Canadian actress and television hostess1966 – Christos Dantis , Greek composer and singer
1966 – Craig Heyward , American football player (d. 2006)
1967 – Shannon Hoon , American singer (Blind Melon ) (d. 1995)1967 – Kara Saun , American designer
1968 – James Caviezel , American actor1968 – Ben Shenkman , American actor
1969 – Anthony Kavanagh , French-Canadian comedian, actor and singer1969 – Andy Petterson , Australian footballer
1969 – Paul Warhurst , English footballer
1969 – David Ferguson , British murderer
1970 – Rachel Jacobs , American actress1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie , American actress
1972 – Ras Kass , American rapper1972 – 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 diplomat1974 – Gary Hall, Jr. , American swimmer
1974 – Martin Müürsepp , Estonian basketball player
1975 – Emma Härdelin , Swedish singer (Garmarna and Triakel )1975 – Jake Paltrow , American film director, brother of Gwyneth Paltrow
1976 – Michael Ballack , German footballer1976 – Tyler Denk , American model and reality show contestant
1977 – Kaylynn , American porn star1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot , Kenyan long-distance runner1979 – Jon Harley , English footballer1979 – Fuifui Moimoi , New Zealand (Tongan) rugby league footballer
1979 – Jaycie Phelps , American gymnast
1979 – Jacob Tierney , Canadian actor
1979 – Naomichi Marufuji , Japanese professional wrestler
1980 – Jane Darling , Czech porn model/actress1980 – 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 – Collien Fernandes , German TV host and actress1981 – Christina Milian , American actress and singer
1981 – Serena Williams , American tennis player
1981 – Aras Baskauskas , Winner of Survivor: Panama
1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo , Argentine footballer1982 – Rob Burrow , English rugby player
1983 – Ricardo Quaresma , Portuguese footballer1983 – Samantha Hammel , American record producer and actress
1984 – Keisha Buchanan , English singer (Sugababes )1984 – Thore Schölermann , German actor
1985 – Lenna Kuurmaa , Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja )1986 – Ashley Leggat , Canadian actress1987 – Rosie Munter , Swedish singer (Play )1988 – Kiira Korpi , Finnish figure skater1988 – Mark Simpson , English clarinetist and composer
1989 – Emma Rigby , English actress
2000 – Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah II of Jordan
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)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 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)1904 – Lafcadio Hearn , Greek writer (b. 1850)1937 – Bessie Smith , American singer (b. 1894)1945 – Béla Bartók , Hungarian composer (b. 1881)1947 – Hugh Lofting , English writer (b. 1886)1951 – Hans Cloos , German geologist (b. 1885)1952 – George Santayana , Spanish philosopher (b. 1863)1953 – Xu Beihong , Chinese painter (b. 1895)1954 – Ellen Roosevelt , American tennis player (b. 1868)1965 – James Fitzmaurice , Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr. , French-Canadian politician (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 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)
1986 – Hugh Franklin , American soap opera actor (b. 1916)1987 – Herbert Tichy , Austrian mountaineer, made the first ascent of Cho Oyu in 19541989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay , Indian singer and composer (b. 1920)1990 – Alberto Moravia , Italian author (b. 1907)1991 – Billy Vaughn , American bandleader (b. 1919)
1998 – Betty Carter , American singer (b. 1930)1999 – Oseola McCarty , American philanthropist (b. 1908)2000 – Richard Mulligan , American actor (b. 1932)2000 – Baden Powell , Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
2003 – Robert Palmer , English singer (b. 1949)2003 – Shawn Lane , American guitarist (b. 1963)
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 – Dorothy Schwartz , American violinist (b. 1913)2007 – Bill Wirtz , American sports team owner (b. 1929)
2008 – Paul Newman , American actor (b. 1925)2008 – Marc Moulin , Belgian musician and journalist (b. 1942)
Holidays and observances
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