
September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ==Events== *1580 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe *1687 - The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from Venice led by Morozini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens. *1777 - Great Britain troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. *1789 - Thomas Jefferson appointed first United States Secretary of State; John Jay appointed first United States Supreme Court/Chief Justice; Samuel Osgood appointed first United States Postmaster General; Edmund Randolph appointed first United States Attorney General. *1810 - A new Swedish Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Charles XIV of Sweden becomes heir to the Sweden throne. *1907 - New Zealand and Newfoundland both become a dominion *1914 - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act. *1918 - Meuse-Argonne Offensive *1934 - Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched *1944 - Operation Market Garden fails *1950 - United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Koreans. *1957 - Leonard Bernstein West Side Story opens on Broadway *1960 - In Chicago the first Television debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. *1961 - Bob Dylan makes his public debut *1962 - Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed * 1962 - Premiere of "The Beverly Hillbillies" on CBS *1969 - Chicago Seven trial begins * 1969 - The Beatles album Abbey Road (album) is released in the United Kingdom *1970 - The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County burning 175,425 acres (710 km²). *1981 - Nolan Ryan sets a Major League Baseball record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. *1983 - Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war (because of time-zone differences, the date was Sept. 26 in the Soviet Union, and Sept. 25 in the West) * 1983 - ''Australia II'', first non-American winner, wins the Americas Cup *1988 - Ben Johnson (athlete) is stripped of his Olympic Games gold medal in the 100 meter dash for failing a drug test *1991 - Biosphere 2 opens *1997 - A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234; an earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. *2001 - Star Trek: Enterprise beings airing in the US. *2002 - The Joola, an overloaded Senegalese ferry capsizes in the ocean off the coast of The Gambia killing more than 950; 30 killed in gun attack at a temple in Gandhinagar, India; 5 people shot dead in a botched bank robbery in Nebraska. *2003 - Nupedia, an earlier form of Wikipedia, was shut down. *2004 - The Seattle Seahawks shutout the San Francisco 49ers 34-0. This marks the first time in a league record 27 years and 456 games that the San Francisco 49ers suffered a shutout. The last shutout occurred in 1977 when Atlanta won 7-0. Several of the players in this game were either not even born yet or very young children when the last shutout occurred. == Births == * 1774 - Johnny Appleseed, environmentalist (d. 1847) * 1791 - Théodore Géricault, French writer (d. 1824) * 1869 - Komitas, Armenian composer (d. 1935) * 1870 - King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947) * 1871 - Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (d. 1934) * 1874 - Lewis Hine, photographer and social activist (d. 1940) * 1875 - Edmund Gwenn, actor (d. 1959) * 1876 - Edith Abbott, social worker, educator, and author (d. 1957) * 1888 - J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist * 1888 - T. S. Eliot, American poet and editor (d. 1965) * 1889 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976) * 1891 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (d. 1968) * 1895 - George Raft, actor (d. 1980) * 1897 - Pope Paul VI (d. 1978) * 1898 - George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937) * 1914 - Jack LaLanne, fitness advocate * 1925 - Marty Robbins, country music singer (d. 1982) * 1930 - Fritz Wunderlich, tenor (d. 1966) * 1932 - Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India * 1933 - Donna Douglas, American actress * 1936 - Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist * 1944 - Anne Robinson, British television host * 1945 - Bryan Ferry, singer * 1946 - Christine Todd Whitman, American politician * 1947 - Lynn Anderson, country singer * 1948 - Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer * 1954 - Kevin Kennedy (baseball), baseball manager and television host * 1955 - Carlene Carter country singer * 1956 - Linda Hamilton, American actress * 1956 - Clip Payne, musician (P Funk) * 1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress * 1967 - Shannon Hoon, singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995) * 1968 - James Caviezel, actor * 1973 - Chris Small, Scottish snooker player * 1975 - Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer (Garmarna, Triakel) * 1976 - Michael Ballack, Germany football (soccer) star * 1981 - Serena Williams, American tennis player ==Deaths== *1802 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenes mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (b. 1754) *1820 - Daniel Boone, United States frontiersman (b. 1734) *1868 - August Ferdinand Möbius, Germany mathematics and astronomy (b. 1790) *1904 - John F. Stairs, Canada businessman, statesman (b. 1848) *1937 - Bessie Smith, United States blues singer (b. 1894) *1945 - Béla Bartók, Hungary composer (b. 1881) *1947 - Hugh Lofting, United Kingdom writer (b. 1886) *1952 - George Santayana, philosopher (b. 1863) *1998 - Betty Carter, jazz singer *2003: **Nawabzada Narullah Khan, Pakistani politician and democrat **Robert Palmer (British singer), United Kingdom singer (b. 1949) ==Holidays and observations== *Bureflux (Discordianism) *[http://www.ecml.at/edl/ European Day of Languages] simple:September 26
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September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ==Events== *1580 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe *1687 - The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from Venice led by Morozini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens. *1777 - Great Britain troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. *1789 - Thomas Jefferson appointed first United States Secretary of State; John Jay appointed first United States Supreme Court/Chief Justice; Samuel Osgood appointed first United States Postmaster General; Edmund Randolph appointed first United States Attorney General. *1810 - A new Swedish Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Charles XIV of Sweden becomes heir to the Sweden throne. *1907 - New Zealand and Newfoundland both become a dominion *1914 - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act. *1918 - Meuse-Argonne Offensive *1934 - Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched *1944 - Operation Market Garden fails *1950 - United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Koreans. *1957 - Leonard Bernstein West Side Story opens on Broadway *1960 - In Chicago the first Television debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. *1961 - Bob Dylan makes his public debut *1962 - Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed * 1962 - Premiere of "The Beverly Hillbillies" on CBS *1969 - Chicago Seven trial begins * 1969 - The Beatles album Abbey Road (album) is released in the United Kingdom *1970 - The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County burning 175,425 acres (710 km²). *1981 - Nolan Ryan sets a Major League Baseball record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. *1983 - Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war (because of time-zone differences, the date was Sept. 26 in the Soviet Union, and Sept. 25 in the West) * 1983 - ''Australia II'', first non-American winner, wins the Americas Cup *1988 - Ben Johnson (athlete) is stripped of his Olympic Games gold medal in the 100 meter dash for failing a drug test *1991 - Biosphere 2 opens *1997 - A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234; an earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. *2001 - Star Trek: Enterprise beings airing in the US. *2002 - The Joola, an overloaded Senegalese ferry capsizes in the ocean off the coast of The Gambia killing more than 950; 30 killed in gun attack at a temple in Gandhinagar, India; 5 people shot dead in a botched bank robbery in Nebraska. *2003 - Nupedia, an earlier form of Wikipedia, was shut down. *2004 - The Seattle Seahawks shutout the San Francisco 49ers 34-0. This marks the first time in a league record 27 years and 456 games that the San Francisco 49ers suffered a shutout. The last shutout occurred in 1977 when Atlanta won 7-0. Several of the players in this game were either not even born yet or very young children when the last shutout occurred. == Births == * 1774 - Johnny Appleseed, environmentalist (d. 1847) * 1791 - Théodore Géricault, French writer (d. 1824) * 1869 - Komitas, Armenian composer (d. 1935) * 1870 - King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947) * 1871 - Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (d. 1934) * 1874 - Lewis Hine, photographer and social activist (d. 1940) * 1875 - Edmund Gwenn, actor (d. 1959) * 1876 - Edith Abbott, social worker, educator, and author (d. 1957) * 1888 - J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist * 1888 - T. S. Eliot, American poet and editor (d. 1965) * 1889 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976) * 1891 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (d. 1968) * 1895 - George Raft, actor (d. 1980) * 1897 - Pope Paul VI (d. 1978) * 1898 - George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937) * 1914 - Jack LaLanne, fitness advocate * 1925 - Marty Robbins, country music singer (d. 1982) * 1930 - Fritz Wunderlich, tenor (d. 1966) * 1932 - Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India * 1933 - Donna Douglas, American actress * 1936 - Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist * 1944 - Anne Robinson, British television host * 1945 - Bryan Ferry, singer * 1946 - Christine Todd Whitman, American politician * 1947 - Lynn Anderson, country singer * 1948 - Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer * 1954 - Kevin Kennedy (baseball), baseball manager and television host * 1955 - Carlene Carter country singer * 1956 - Linda Hamilton, American actress * 1956 - Clip Payne, musician (P Funk) * 1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress * 1967 - Shannon Hoon, singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995) * 1968 - James Caviezel, actor * 1973 - Chris Small, Scottish snooker player * 1975 - Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer (Garmarna, Triakel) * 1976 - Michael Ballack, Germany football (soccer) star * 1981 - Serena Williams, American tennis player ==Deaths== *1802 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenes mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (b. 1754) *1820 - Daniel Boone, United States frontiersman (b. 1734) *1868 - August Ferdinand Möbius, Germany mathematics and astronomy (b. 1790) *1904 - John F. Stairs, Canada businessman, statesman (b. 1848) *1937 - Bessie Smith, United States blues singer (b. 1894) *1945 - Béla Bartók, Hungary composer (b. 1881) *1947 - Hugh Lofting, United Kingdom writer (b. 1886) *1952 - George Santayana, philosopher (b. 1863) *1998 - Betty Carter, jazz singer *2003: **Nawabzada Narullah Khan, Pakistani politician and democrat **Robert Palmer (British singer), United Kingdom singer (b. 1949) ==Holidays and observations== *Bureflux (Discordianism) *[http://www.ecml.at/edl/ European Day of Languages] simple:September 26
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