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Today September 26th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
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 Premyslid dynasty.
1580 – Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe.
1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who were 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.
1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was 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: Battle of Meuse.
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 sinks during a 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.
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, the first non-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 capsizes off the coast of 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
1181 – Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226)
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. 1847)
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 – Waclaw 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 – 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 player
1907 – 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)
1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert
1914 – 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 throne
1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer
1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
1925 – Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player
1925 – 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 actor
1930 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)
1930 – Joe Brown (climber), English climber, made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955
1932 – Richard Herd, American actor
1932 – Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer and dissident
1933 – Donna Douglas, American actress
1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish Labour Party politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist
1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician (d. 2003)
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
1942 – Kent McCord, American actor
1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and broadcaster
1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver
1944 – Anne Robinson, English television host
1945 – Louise Beaudoin, French Canadian politician
1945 – 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 singer
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-born Australian singer and actress
1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian football player
1949 – Jane Smiley, American novelist
1949 – Minette Walters, English novelist
1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician
1952 – Predrag Miletic, Serbian actor
1953 – Joe Benigno, American radio personality
1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish folk singer
1953 – Aivars Lembergs, Latvian politician
1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball manager and television host
1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer
1956 – Steve Butler, American racing driver
1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American politician
1958 – Robert Kagan, American historian
1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player
1959 – Darby Crash, American Singer (The Germs) (d. 1980)
1961 – Will Self, English author
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
1962 – Peter Foster, Australian con-man
1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress
1964 – Nicki French, English singer
1965 – Cindy Herron, American singer (En Vogue)
1965 – Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress
1966 – Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and television hostess
1966 – Christos Dantis, Greek composer and singer
1966 – Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
1967 – Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
1968 – James Caviezel, American actor
1968 – Ben Shenkman, American actor
1969 – Anthony Kavanagh, French-Canadian comedian, actor and singer
1969 – Andy Petterson, Australian footballer
1969 – Paul Warhurst, English footballer
1969 – David Ferguson, British murderer
1970 – Rachel Jacobs, American actress
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress
1972 – Ras Kass, American rapper
1972 – 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 diplomat
1974 – 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 footballer
1976 – Tyler Denk, American model and reality show contestant
1977 – Kaylynn, American porn star
1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan long-distance runner
1979 – Jon Harley, English footballer
1979 – 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/actress
1980 – 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 actress
1981 – Christina Milian, American actress and singer
1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player
1981 – Aras Baskauskas, Winner of Survivor: Panama
1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer
1982 – Rob Burrow, English rugby player
1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
1983 – 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 actress
1987 – Rosie Munter, Swedish singer (Play)
1988 – Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
1988 – 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 Držic, 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 Ružicka, 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 1954
1989 – 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
St. Stephen s Day
Calendar of Saints – Sts. Cosmas and Damian.
Also see September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Discordianism – Bureflux.
European Day of Languages.
French Republican Calendar – Cheval (Horse) Day, fifth day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
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