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.
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Events
- 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 Morozini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
- 1777 - British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
- 1789 - Thomas Jefferson appointed first United States Secretary of State; John Jay appointed first Chief Justice of the United States; Samuel Osgood appointed first United States Postmaster General; Edmund Randolph appointed first United States Attorney General.
- 1907 - New Zealand becomes a dominion
- 1914 - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1918 - Battle of Meuse
- 1934 - Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched
- 1944 - Operation Market Garden fails
- 1950 - United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Koreans.
- 1960 - In Chicago, Illinois the first televised 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
- 1981 - Nolan Ryan sets a Major League Baseball record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
- 1983 - Australia II, first non-American winner, wins the Americas Cup
- 1988 - Ben Johnson is stripped of his Olympic gold medal in the 100 meter dash for failing a drug test
- 1991 - Biosphere 2 opens
Births
- 1729 - Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher
- 1774 - John Chapman ("Johnny Appleseed"), environmentalist
- 1870 - King Christian X of Denmark († 1947)
- 1871 - Winsor McCay, American cartoonist († 1934)
- 1874 - Lewis Hine, photographer, social activist († 1940)
- 1875 - Edmund Gwenn, actor († 1959)
- 1888 - T. S. Eliot, American poet († 1965)
- 1889 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher († 1976)
- 1897 - Pope Paul VI († 1978)
- 1895 - George Raft, acor († 1980)
- 1898 - George Gershwin, American composer († 1937) born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1914 - Jack LaLanne, fitness advocate
- 1925 - Marty Robbins, country music singer
- 1926 - John Coltrane, American musician († 1967)
- 1926 - Julie London, singer, actress
- 1933 - Donna Douglas, actress
- 1936 - Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist
- 1955 - Carlene Carter, country music singer
- 1956 - Linda Hamilton, American actress
- 1967 - Shannon Hoon, singer ("Blind Melon") († 1995)
- 1948 - Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer
- 1951 - Dave Casper, Football Hall of Famer
- 1956 - Clip Payne, musician (P Funk)
- 1956 - Linda Hamilton, actress
- 1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
- 1963 - Lysette Anthony, actress
- 1964 - Les Claypool, American musician
- 1968 - James Caviezel, actor
- 1981 - Serena Williams, American tennis player
Deaths
- 1802 - Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician
- 1820 - Daniel Boone, American frontiersman
- 1868 - [[August Ferdinand M�bius]], German mathematician and astronomer
- 1904 - John F. Stairs, businessman, statesman
- 1937 - Bessie Smith, American blues singer
- 1945 - B�la Bart�k, Hungarian composer
- 1947 - Hugh Lofting, British writer
- 1952 - Philosopher George Santayana in Rome at age 88.
- 1991 - Miles Davis, American jazz musician
- 1998 - Betty Carter, jazz singer
Holidays
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
September 25 - September 27 - August 26 - October 26 - more historical anniversaries
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "September 26" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_26 September 26, 2003
