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What happend on 26. September in History
In our data base we found 333 events happened on 26. September:
• 1212: Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty. [category: Events]
• 1329: Anne of Bavaria (d. 1353) [category: Births]
• 1345: Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns. [category: Events]
• 1371: Serbian–Turkish wars: The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şâhin Paşa and the Serbian army under the command of Vukašin Mrnjavčević and Jovan Uglješa clash at the Battle of Maritsa. [category: Events]
• 1406: Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) [category: Births]
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• 1417: Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360) [category: Deaths]
• 1468: Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal (b. 1388) [category: Deaths]
• 1493: Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera [category: Events]
• 1501: Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (b. 1461) [category: Deaths]
• 1580: Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth. [category: Events]
• 1620: Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
• 1626: Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1687: The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1711: Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779) [category: Births]
• 1716: Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666) [category: Deaths]
• 1750: Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1758: Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1763: John Byron, English poet (b. 1692) [category: Deaths]
• 1764: Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676) [category: Deaths]
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• 1767: Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1774: Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1777: British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1786: Protestors shut down the court in Springfield, Massachusetts in a military standoff that begins Shays' Rebellion. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1791: Théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 1792: William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1792: Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France. [category: Events]
• 1800: William Billings, American composer (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1802: Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne. [category: Events]
• 1820: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Bengali scholar (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1820: Daniel Boone, American explorer (b. 1734) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1843: Joseph Furphy, Australian novelist (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1849: Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1865: Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1867: Winsor McCay, American animator (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1868: August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Komitas Vardapet, Armenian composer (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1870: Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1872: Max Ehrmann, American poet (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1872: The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City. [category: Events]
• 1873: Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1873: Wacław Berent, Polish novelist and translator (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1874: Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1875: Edmund Gwenn, Welsh actor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1876: Edith Abbott, American social worker and author (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1876: Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian lawyer, poet, and politician (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1876: Philip Kassel, American gymnast (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1877: Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1877: Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1877: Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Hiram Wesley Evans, American member of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1884: Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1886: Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1887: Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1887: Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1887: Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1888: J. Frank Dobie, American author and columnist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1888: T. S. Eliot, American-English publisher, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1889: Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1889: Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1891: Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1892: Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1893: Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1895: George Raft, American actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1895: Jürgen Stroop, German SS officer (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1897: Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1897: Pope Paul VI (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1898: George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1900: Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1902: Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author(b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1907: Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1907: Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1907: New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire. [category: Events]
• 1908: Samuel Duvall, American archer (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers. [category: Events]
• 1909: A. P. Hamann, American politician (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1909: Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1910: Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and exiled. [category: Events]
• 1911: Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1913: Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1914: Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1914: The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act. [category: Events]
• 1917: Réal Caouette, Canadian politician (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1917: Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1917: World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins. [category: Events]
• 1918: John Zacherle, American television host and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins. [category: Events]
• 1919: Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1919: Matilde Camus, Spanish poet (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia [category: Births]
• 1922: Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1923: Dev Anand, Indian actor and producer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations. [category: Events]
• 1925: Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1925: Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1926: Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1927: Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1927: Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1927: Robert Cade, American physician, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1930: Joe Brown, English mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1931: Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1932: Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India [category: Births]
• 1932: Richard Herd, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and dissident [category: Births]
• 1933: Donna Douglas, American actress [category: Births]
• 1933: As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don’t shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents. [category: Events]
• 1933: Ten convicts escape from the Indiana State Prison with guns smuggled into the prison by bank robber John Dillinger [category: Events]
• 1934: Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched. [category: Events]
• 1935: Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1935: Iván Persa, Hungarian-Slovene priest (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Winnie Mandela, South African activist [category: Births]
• 1937: Jerry Weintraub, American film producer [category: Births]
• 1937: Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1937: Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Lars Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ricky Tomlinson, English actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Martine Beswick, English actress and model [category: Births]
• 1941: Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor [category: Births]
• 1942: Kent McCord, American actor [category: Births]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1943: Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1943: Tim Schenken, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1944: Anne Robinson, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: Operation Market Garden fails. [category: Events]
• 1945: Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter (Roxy Music) [category: Births]
• 1945: Gal Costa, Brazilian singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Louise Beaudoin, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1946: Christine Todd Whitman, American politician and author, 50th Governor of New Jersey [category: Births]
• 1946: Louise Simonson, American comic book writer and editor [category: Births]
• 1946: Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Togo Igawa, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1946: William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Lynn Anderson, American singer [category: Births]
• 1947: Philippe Lavil, French singer [category: Births]
• 1947: Hugh Lofting, English author and poet (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Jane Smiley, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1949: Marie Tifo, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Minette Walters, English novelist [category: Births]
• 1950: Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1950: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces. [category: Events]
• 1951: Ronald DeFeo, Jr., American murderer [category: Births]
• 1951: Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer (10cc and Pilot) [category: Births]
• 1951: Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor [category: Births]
• 1952: George Ducker, Canadian soccer player (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: George Santayana, Spanish philosopher (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress (De Dannan) [category: Births]
• 1953: Joe Benigno, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1953: Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Craig Chaquico, American guitarist (Jefferson Starship) [category: Births]
• 1954: Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1954: Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172. [category: Events]
• 1955: Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1956: Linda Hamilton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Steve Butler, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1957: Arthur Powell Davies, American minister (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (The Germs and Darby Crash Band) (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1958: Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian [category: Births]
• 1959: Rich Gedman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Leslie Morshead, Australian soldier (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1960: Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the U.S.S.R. [category: Events]
• 1960: In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. [category: Events]
• 1961: Charlotte Fich, Danish actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Will Self, English author [category: Births]
• 1962: Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter (Megadeth, Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Asia) [category: Births]
• 1962: Lawrence Leritz, American actor, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1962: Mark Haddon, English author [category: Births]
• 1962: Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Peter Foster, Australian con artist [category: Births]
• 1963: Joe Nemechek, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1963: Lysette Anthony, English actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Otto Christman, Canadian soccer player (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Dave Martinez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: John Tempesta, American drummer (White Zombie, Helmet, Testament, The Cult, and Scum of the Earth) [category: Births]
• 1964: Nicki French, English singer and dancer [category: Births]
• 1965: Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Cindy Herron, American singer and actress (En Vogue) [category: Births]
• 1965: James Fitzmaurice, Irish pilot (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1966: Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blind Melon) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1968: Ben Shenkman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: James Caviezel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Tricia O'Kelley, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Lipman Heilprin, Israeli physician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Andy Petterson, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Anthony Kavanagh, Canadian comedian, actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1969: David Slade, English director [category: Births]
• 1969: Holger Stanislawski, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Paul Warhurst, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (709.92 km2). [category: Events]
• 1971: The Freetown Christiania was founded. [category: Events]
• 1972: Melanie Paxson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Ras Kass, American rapper and producer (The HRSMN) [category: Births]
• 1972: Shawn Stockman, American singer (Boyz II Men) [category: Births]
• 1972: Charles Correll, American actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Chris Small, Scottish snooker player [category: Births]
• 1973: Julienne Davis, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lovehammers) [category: Births]
• 1973: Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper [category: Births]
• 1973: Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. [category: Events]
• 1974: Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1974: Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1974: Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist (Garmarna and Triakel) [category: Births]
• 1975: Jake Paltrow, American director [category: Births]
• 1976: Dean Butterworth, English-American drummer (Good Charlotte) [category: Births]
• 1976: Michael Ballack, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player (Nightwish and Nattvindens Gråt) [category: Births]
• 1976: Tyler Denk, American model [category: Births]
• 1976: Lavoslav Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: André Hunger, German sculptor [category: Births]
• 1977: Kaylynn, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner [category: Births]
• 1978: Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Fuifui Moimoi, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1979: Jon Harley, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Simon Kirch, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1979: Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Jane Darling, Czech porn actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Aras Baskauskas, American reality show contestant, winner of Survivor: Panama [category: Births]
• 1981: Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Collien Ulmen-Fernandes, German actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Serena Williams, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. [category: Events]
• 1982: Jessie Pavelka, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Jon Richardson, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1982: Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Rob Burrow, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Simon Picone, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: D'Qwell Jackson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Samantha Hammel, American actress, singer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1983: Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1984: Thore Schölermann, German actor [category: Births]
• 1984: John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong [category: Events]
• 1985: Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Vanilla Ninja) [category: Births]
• 1985: Talulah Riley, English actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1986: Rebecca Lim, Singaporean actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter and actress (Play) [category: Births]
• 1987: Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Ramang, Indonesian footballer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater [category: Births]
• 1988: Marina Kuroki, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Mark Simpson, English clarinet player [category: Births]
• 1989: Emma Rigby, English actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Nesma Mahgoub, Egyptian singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer, composer, and producer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Alberto Moravia, Italian author (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Dan Preston, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (The Hilltoppers) (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234. [category: Events]
• 1997: An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. [category: Events]
• 1998: Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Bernadette O'Farrell, Irish actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah of Jordan [category: Births]
• 2000: Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits. [category: Events]
• 2000: The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers. [category: Events]
• 2002: The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Le Joola capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. [category: Events]
• 2003: Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (The Power Station and Vinegar Joe) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Black Oak Arkansas) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Helen Cresswell, English author and scriptwriter (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American broadcaster (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (Aksak Maboul and Telex) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Paul Newman, American actor, director, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel. [category: Events]
• 2009: Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. [category: Events]
• 2010: Gloria Stuart, American actress and painter (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded City Museum (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eugene D. Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Johnny Lewis, American actor (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri, Pakistani scholar and author [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian scientist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Vance Heafner, American golfer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 715: Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne. [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Days: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cosmas and Damian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the National Flag (Ecuador) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dominion Day (New Zealand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: European Day of Languages (European Union) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John of Meda [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nilus the Younger [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Revolution Day (Yemen) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]