What happened on September 26? There are more than 293 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About September 26
September 26 is the 270th day of the year 2024. There are 96 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday. This day falls under the 39th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Austin, Texas 78786 sunrise will occur at 07:20 AM and sunset will occur at 07:23 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Libra. The modern birthstone for this month is Sapphire while the mystical birthstone is Agate.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 125 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For September 26
- 46 BCJulius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.
- 715Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
- 1212Golden Bull of Sicily is certified as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
- 1580Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
- 1687The 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.
- 1687The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange’s invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- 1777British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
- 1783The first battle of Shays’ Rebellion begins.
- 1789Thomas 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.
- 1792Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
- 1810A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
- 1872The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
- 1907New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
- 1908Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1914The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1917World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- 1918World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
- 1923Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic’s payment of reparations.
- 1934Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
- 1942The 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”.
- 1944World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting.
- 1944World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.
- 1950Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
- 1950United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 1954Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
- 1959Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
- 1960Fidel Castro announces Cuba’s support for the U.S.S.R.
- 1960In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
- 1970The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acre.
- 1971The Freetown Christiania was founded.
- 1973Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
- 1981Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
- 1983Australia II wins the America’s Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history.
- 1983Soviet 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.
- 1984The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong
- 1997A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
- 1997An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
- 2000Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
- 2000The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
- 2001Polish Wikipedia was started.
- 2002The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of The Gambia killing more than 1,000.
- 2008Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
- 2009Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
Who Were Born On September 26?
- 1329Queen Anna of Bavaria of the Romans (d. 1353)
- 1406Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
- 1711Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)
- 1750Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
- 1758Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician (d. 1820)
- 1767Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
- 1774Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1845)
- 1791Théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824)
- 1792William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
- 1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Bengali scholar (d. 1891)
- 1840Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923)
- 1843Joseph Furphy, Australian novelist (as “Tom Collins”; d. 1912)
- 1849Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
- 1865Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English pilot and ornithologist (d. 1937)
- 1867Winsor McCay, American animator (d. 1934)
- 1869Komitas, Armenian composer (d. 1935)
- 1870King Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
- 1872Max Ehrmann, American poet (Desiderata) (d. 1945)
- 1873Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949)
- 1873Wacław Berent, Polish novelist and translator (d. 1940)
- 1874Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
- 1875Edmund Gwenn, Welsh actor (d. 1959)
- 1876Edith Abbott, American social worker and author (d. 1957)
- 1876Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet and Muslim nationalist (d. 1952)
- 1877Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962)
- 1877Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963)
- 1881Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan figure (d. 1966)
- 1884J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (d. 1951)
- 1886Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1977)
- 1887Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor (d. 1967)
- 1887Edwin Keppel Bennett, English writer (d. 1958)
- 1887Sir Barnes Wallis, English scientist and inventor (d. 1979)
- 1888J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist (d. 1964)
- 1888T. S. Eliot, American-born British writer and poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
- 1889Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976)
- 1891Charles Münch, French conductor and violinist (d. 1968)
- 1892Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (d. 1970)
- 1893Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
- 1895George Raft, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1895Jürgen Stroop, German Nazi SS officer (d. 1952)
- 1897Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (d. 1917)
- 1897Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
- 1898George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937)
- 1905Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
- 1907Anthony Blunt, English art historian and Soviet spy (d. 1983)
- 1907Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
- 1909Bill France, Sr., American car racing executive (d. 1992)
- 1911Al Helfer, American radio sportscaster (d. 1975)
- 1913Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
- 1914Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
- 1914Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert (d. 2011)
- 1917Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (d. 1976)
- 1917Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1918John Zacherle, American television host
- 1919Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
- 1919Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and researcher
- 1922Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, French-born pretender to the Russian throne
- 1922Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)
- 1923Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer
- 1925Marty Robbins, American singer (d. 1982)
- 1925Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player
- 1926Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
- 1926Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist
- 1927Enzo Bearzot, Italian football player and manager (d. 2010)
- 1927Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1927Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (d. 1990)
- 1927Robert Cade, American physician and beverage inventor (d. 2007)
- 1928Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor
- 1930Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)
- 1930Joe Brown, English mountaineer
- 1931Kenneth Parnell, American convicted sex offender (d. 2008)
- 1932Dr. Manmohan Singh, Indian politician
- 1932Richard Herd, American actor
- 1932Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer and dissident
- 1933Donna Douglas, American actress
- 1935Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)
- 1936Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist
- 1937Jerry Weintraub, American film producer
- 1937Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician (d. 2003)
- 1938Lars Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
- 1939Ricky Tomlinson, English actor
- 1941Martine Beswick, English actress and model
- 1941Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
- 1942Kent McCord, American actor
- 1943Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and broadcaster
- 1943Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver
- 1944Anne Robinson, English television host
- 1945Bryan Ferry, English singer (Roxy Music)
- 1945Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
- 1945Louise Beaudoin, French-Canadian politician
- 1946Andrea Dworkin, American feminist (d. 2005)
- 1946Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
- 1946Louise Simonson, American comic book writer and editor
- 1946Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
- 1946Togo Igawa, Japanese actor
- 1947Lynn Anderson, American country music singer
- 1947Philippe Lavil, French singer
- 1948Olivia Newton-John, English-born Australian singer and actress
- 1949Clodoaldo, Brazilian football player
- 1949Jane Smiley, American novelist
- 1949Marie Tifo, Canadian actress
- 1949Minette Walters, English novelist
- 1951Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician
- 1952Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor
- 1953Dolores Keane, Irish folk singer
- 1953Joe Benigno, American radio personality
- 1954Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
- 1954Kevin Kennedy, American baseball manager
- 1955Carlene Carter, American singer
- 1956Linda Hamilton, American actress
- 1956Steve Butler, American racing driver
- 1958Darby Crash, American singer (The Germs) (d. 1980)
- 1958Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American politician
- 1958Robert Kagan, American historian
- 1959Rich Gedman, American baseball player
- 1961Charlotte Fich, Danish actress
- 1961Cindy Herron, American singer (En Vogue)
- 1961Will Self, English author
- 1962Al Pitrelli, American guitarist (Megadeth)
- 1962Lawrence Leritz, Broadway dancer, choreographer, producer
- 1962Mark Haddon, English author
- 1962Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
- 1962Peter Foster, Australian con artist
- 1963Joe Nemechek, American NASCAR driver
- 1963Lysette Anthony, English actress
- 1964Dave Martinez, American baseball player
- 1964John Tempesta, American drummer (White Zombie, Helmet, Testament)
- 1964Nicki French, English singer
- 1965Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress
- 1966Christos Dantis, Greek composer and singer
- 1966Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
- 1966Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and television hostess
- 1967Kara Saun, American designer
- 1967Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
- 1968Ben Shenkman, American actor
- 1968James Caviezel, American actor
- 1969Andy Petterson, Australian footballer
- 1969Anthony Kavanagh, French-Canadian comedian, actor and singer
- 1969Paul Warhurst, English footballer
- 1970Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress
- 1972Melanie Paxson, American actress
- 1972Ras Kass, American rapper
- 1972Shawn Stockman, American singer (Boyz II Men)
- 1973Chris Small, Scottish snooker player
- 1973Marty Casey, American singer (Lovehammers)
- 1973Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
- 1974Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
- 1974Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer
- 1974Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player
- 1975Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer (Garmarna, Triakel)
- 1975Jake Paltrow, American film director
- 1976Michael Ballack, German footballer
- 1976Sami Vanska, Finnish bassist (Nightwish)
- 1976Tyler Denk, American model and reality show contestant
- 1977André Hunger, German artist and designer
- 1977Kaylynn, American pornographic actress
- 1978Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan long-distance runner
- 1979Fuifui Moimoi, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- 1979Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor
- 1979Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
- 1979Jon Harley, English footballer
- 1979Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1980Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
- 1980Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1980Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1980Jane Darling, Czech porn model/actress
- 1980Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver
- 1981Aras Baskauskas, American reality show contestant
- 1981Christina Milian, American actress and singer
- 1981Collien Ulmen-Fernandes, German TV host and actress
- 1981Serena Williams, American tennis player
- 1982Jon Richardson, British comedian
- 1982Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer
- 1982Rob Burrow, English rugby player
- 1982Simon Picone, Italian rugby player
- 1983Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer
- 1983D'Qwell Jackson, American football player
- 1983Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
- 1983Samantha Hammel, American record producer and actress
- 1984Thore Schölermann, German actor
- 1985Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
- 1985Talulah Riley, English actress
- 1986Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress
- 1987Rosie Munter, Swedish singer (Play)
- 1988Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
- 1988Marina Kuroki, Japanese actress
- 1988Mark Simpson, English clarinetist and composer
- 1989Emma Rigby, English actress
- 1989Nesma Mahgoub, Egyptian singer
- 2000Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah II of Jordan
Who Died On September 26?
- 1417Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)
- 1468Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
- 1501Džore Držić, Croatian writer (b. 1461)
- 1620Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
- 1626Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)
- 1716Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
- 1763John Byron, English poet (b. 1692)
- 1764Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767)
- 1800William Billings, American choral composer (b. 1746)
- 1802Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)
- 1820Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (b. 1734)
- 1868August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
- 1877Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
- 1902Levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer (b. 1829)
- 1904John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b. 1848)
- 1904Lafcadio Hearn, Greek writer (b. 1850)
- 1935Iván Persa, Hungarian Slovene writer and catholic priest (b. 1861)
- 1937Bessie Smith, American singer (b. 1894)
- 1945Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881)
- 1947Hugh Lofting, English writer (b. 1886)
- 1951Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)
- 1952George Santayana, Spanish philosopher (b. 1863)
- 1953Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)
- 1954Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
- 1957Arthur Powell Davies, American religious minister (b. 1902)
- 1959Sir Leslie Morshead, Australian soldier (b. 1889)
- 1965James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
- 1968Daniel Johnson, Sr., French-Canadian politician (b. 1915)
- 1968Lipman Heilprin, Israeli physician and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1902)
- 1968Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
- 1972Charles Correll, American radio actor (b. 1890)
- 1973Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908)
- 1973Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
- 1976Lavoslav Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1887)
- 1978Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
- 1979Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1982Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
- 1983Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)
- 1984John Facenda, American sports announcer (b. 1913)
- 1984Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
- 1987Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer, made the first ascent of Cho Oyu in 1954 (b. 1912)
- 1987Ramang, Indonesian former footballer (b. 1928)
- 1989Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer and composer (b. 1920)
- 1990Alberto Moravia, Italian author (b. 1907)
- 1991Billy Vaughn, American bandleader (b. 1919)
- 1998Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
- 1999Bernadette O'Farrell, Irish actress (b. 1924)
- 1999Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
- 2000Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
- 2000Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2003Robert Palmer, English singer (b. 1949)
- 2003Shawn Lane, American guitarist (b. 1963)
- 2004Marianna Komlos, professional wrestling valet (b. 1969)
- 2005Helen Cresswell, British author (b. 1934)
- 2006Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
- 2006Iva Toguri D'Aquino, alleged Tokyo Rose (b. 1916)
- 2007Bill Wirtz, American sports team owner (b. 1929)
- 2008Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (b. 1942)
- 2008Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2010Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2011Bob Cassilly, American Artist and Founder of the St. Louis City Museum (b. 1949)
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