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September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 96 days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix , fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus .
715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne .
1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
1212 – The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns .
1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa .
1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera .
1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
1687 – Morean War : The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
1688 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution .
1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
1789 – George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State .[1]
1799 – War of the 2nd Coalition: Franco-Swiss troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.[2]
1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.[3]
1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers , introducing the special theory of relativity.
1907 – Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference , New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
1910 – Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act .[4]
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
1923 – The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr .
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.
1934 – The ocean liner Template:RMS is launched.
1942 – Holocaust : Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
1950 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1953 – Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
1954 – The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
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.
1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1969 – Abbey Road , the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1980 – At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 – Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
1984 – The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong , to take place in 1997.
1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan 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 Template:MS sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, Template:MV , capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
2005 – The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout .
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
Births [ ]
932 – Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah , Arab caliph (d. 975)
1329 – Anne of Bavaria , German queen consort (d. 1353)[citation needed ]
1406 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros , English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
1462 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers , younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves (d. 1506)[5]
1526 – Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1569)
1637 – Sébastien Leclerc , French painter (d. 1714)[6]
1641 – Nehemiah Grew , English plant anatomist and physiologist (d. 1712)
1651 – Francis Daniel Pastorius , founder of Germantown, Philadelphia (d. 1720)[7]
1660 – George William, Duke of Liegnitz (d. 1675)
1698 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (d. 1755)[8]
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple , English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood , English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 – Cosme Argerich , Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 – Wenzel Müller , Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 – Johnny Appleseed , American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)
1783 – Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke , English politician and literary figure (d. 1858)
1791 – Théodore Géricault , French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 – William Hobson , Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891)
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon , Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)
1843 – Joseph Furphy , Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1848 – Henry Walters , American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1849 – Ivan Pavlov , Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1869 – Komitas , Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)[9]
1872 – Max Ehrmann , American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 – Wacław Berent , Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1874 – Lewis Hine , American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1875 – Edmund Gwenn , English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)
1876 – Edith Abbott , American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang , Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 – Ugo Cerletti , Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963)
1877 – Alfred Cortot , Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1877 – Bertha De Vriese , Belgian physician (d. 1958)
1878 – Walter Steinbeck , German actor (d. 1942)
1884 – Jack Bickell , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 – Archibald Hill , English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett , English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 – Antonio Moreno , Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 – Barnes Wallis , English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)
1888 – J. Frank Dobie , American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 – T. S. Eliot , English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1889 – Gordon Brewster , Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 – Martin Heidegger , German philosopher and academic (d. 1976)
1890 – Jack Tresadern , English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 – William McKell , Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (d. 1985)
1891 – Charles Münch , French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1891 – Hans Reichenbach , German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1953)
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd , American sociologist and academic (d. 1970)
1894 – Gladys Brockwell , American actress (d. 1929)
1895 – Jürgen Stroop , German general (d. 1952)
1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids , English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin , American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 – Suzanne Belperron , French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1901 – George Raft , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1901 – Ted Weems , American bandleader and musician (d. 1963)
1905 – Millito Navarro , Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1905 – Karl Rappan , Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 – Anthony Blunt , English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 – Shug Fisher , American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (d. 1984)
1907 – Bep van Klaveren , Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 – Bill France, Sr. , American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 – A. P. Hamann , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 – Al Helfer , American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 – Frank Brimsek , American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1914 – Achille Compagnoni , Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 – Jack LaLanne , American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 – Tran Duc Thao , Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)
1918 – Eric Morley , English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (d. 2000)
1919 – Matilde Camus , Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)
1920 – Barbara Britton , American actress (d. 1980)
1922 – Takis Miliadis , Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 – Dev Anand , Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths , English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (d. 2015)
1923 – James Hennessy , English businessman and diplomat
1924 – Jean Hoerni , Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (d. 1997)
1925 – Norm Dussault , American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 – Marty Robbins , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London , American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer , Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 – Robert Cade , American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007)
1927 – Patrick O'Neal , American actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Enzo Bearzot , Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken , Belgian actor (d. 2019)
1928 – Wilford White , American football player (d. 2013)
1930 – Philip Bosco , American actor (d. 2018)
1930 – Joe Brown , English mountaineer and author
1931 – Kenneth Parnell , American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 – Manmohan Singh , Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India
1932 – Donna Douglas , American actress (d. 2015)
1932 – Joyce Jameson , American actress (d. 1987)
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich , Russian author and poet (d. 2018)
1934 – Neil Coles , English golfer and architect
1935 – Bob Barber , English cricketer
1935 – Lou Myers , American actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Joe Sherlock , Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Leroy Drumm , American sailor and songwriter (d. 2010)
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (d. 2018)
1937 – Valentin Pavlov , Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003)
1937 – Jerry Weintraub , American film producer and agent (d. 2015)
1938 – Lucette Aldous , New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh , Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson , English actor and screenwriter[10]
1941 – Salvatore Accardo , Italian violinist and conductor
1941 – Martine Beswick , Jamaican-English model and actress
1941 – David Frizzell , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Kent McCord , American actor
1942 – Gloria E. Anzaldúa , American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (d. 2004)
1943 – Ian Chappell , Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 – Tim Schenken , Australian race car driver
1944 – Jan Brewer , American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
1944 – Keith O'Nions , English geologist and academic
1944 – Anne Robinson , English journalist and game show host
1945 – Louise Beaudoin , Canadian academic and politician
1945 – Gal Costa , Brazilian singer[11]
1945 – Bryan Ferry , English singer-songwriter
1946 – Andrea Dworkin , American activist and author (d. 2005)[12]
1946 – John MacLachlan Gray , Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali , Nepalese politician
1946 – Louise Simonson , American author
1946 – Claudette Werleigh , Haitian Prime Minister[13]
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman , American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey
1947 – Lynn Anderson , American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1947 – Philippe Lavil , French singer and actor
1947 – Dick Roth , American swimmer
1948 – John Foxx , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player
1948 – Olivia Newton-John , English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Clodoaldo , Brazilian footballer and manager
1949 – Wendy Saddington , Australian singer and journalist (d. 2013)
1949 – Jane Smiley , American novelist
1949 – Minette Walters , English journalist and author
1950 – Andy Haden , New Zealand rugby player
1951 – Tommy Taylor , English footballer and manager
1951 – Stuart Tosh , Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
1953 – Dolores Keane , Irish singer and actress
1953 – Douglas A. Melton , American biologist and academic
1953 – Paul Stephenson , English police officer
1954 – Craig Chaquico , American guitarist
1954 – Kevin Kennedy , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1954 – Cesar Rosas , Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Steve Butler , American race car driver and engineer
1956 – Linda Hamilton , American actress
1957 – Bob Staake , American author and illustrator
1957 – Klaus Augenthaler , German footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Dweck , American photographer and director
1958 – Rudi Cerne , German figure skater and journalist
1958 – Darby Crash , American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
1958 – Robert Kagan , Greek-American historian and author
1958 – Kenny Sansom , English footballer
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr. , American sailor and politician
1959 – Andrew Bolt , Australian journalist
1959 – Trevor Dodds , Namibian golfer
1959 – Rich Gedman , American baseball player and coach
1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev , Russian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1960 – Uwe Bein , German footballer and manager
1960 – Jouke de Vries , Dutch academic and politician
1960 – Doug Supernaw , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Cindy Herron , American singer-songwriter and actress
1961 – Marianne Mikko , Estonian journalist and politician
1961 – Will Self , English novelist and journalist
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson , American-Canadian actress
1962 – Peter Foster , Australian criminal
1962 – Mark Haddon , English author and poet
1962 – Steve Moneghetti , Australian runner
1962 – Al Pitrelli , American guitarist and songwriter
1962 – Tracey Thorn , English singer-songwriter and writer
1962 – Jacky Wu , Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host
1963 – Lysette Anthony , English actress and producer
1963 – Joe Nemechek , American race car driver
1964 – Nicki French , English singer and actress
1964 – Dave Martinez , American baseball player and coach
1964 – John Tempesta , American drummer
1965 – Petro Poroshenko , Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine
1966 – Dean Butterworth , English-American drummer
1966 – Christos Dantis , Greek singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Shane Dye , New Zealand jockey
1966 – Craig Heyward , American football player (d. 2006)
1966 – Jillian Barberie , Canadian actress and sportscaster
1967 – Bruno Akrapović , Bosnian footballer and manager
1967 – Shannon Hoon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1967 – Craig Janney , American ice hockey player
1968 – Jim Caviezel , American actor
1969 – Andy Petterson , Australian footballer and coach
1969 – David Slade , English director and producer
1969 – Holger Stanislawski , German footballer and manager
1969 – Paul Warhurst , English footballer and manager
1970 – Daryl Beattie , Australian motorcycle rider
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie , American actress and fashion designer
1970 – David Parland , Swedish guitarist (d. 2013)
1972 – Ras Kass , American rapper and producer
1972 – Beto O'Rourke , American politician[14]
1972 – Shawn Stockman , American singer
1973 – Marty Casey , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Julienne Davis , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Chris Small , Scottish snooker player and coach
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 and coach
1975 – Emma Härdelin , Swedish singer and violinist
1975 – Jake Paltrow , American director and screenwriter
1975 – Chiara Schoras , German actress
1976 – Michael Ballack , German footballer
1976 – Sami Vänskä , Finnish bass player
1977 – Kerem Özyeğen , Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Aka Plu , Japanese comedian and actor
1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot , Kenyan runner
1979 – Jon Harley , English footballer
1979 – Simon Kirch , German sprinter
1979 – Naomichi Marufuji , Japanese wrestler
1979 – Fuifui Moimoi , Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
1979 – Cameron Mooney , Australian footballer
1979 – Jaycie Phelps , American gymnast
1979 – Taavi Rõivas , Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia
1979 – Jacob Tierney , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
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 – Yao Beina , Chinese singer (d. 2015)
1981 – Christina Milian , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu , Japanese voice actress
1981 – Kanako Urai , Japanese professional wrestler
1981 – Serena Williams , American tennis player[15]
1982 – Rob Burrow , English rugby player
1982 – Simon Picone , Italian rugby player
1982 – John Scott , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo , Argentinian footballer
1982 – Jon Richardson , English comedian and radio host
1983 – D'Qwell Jackson , American football player
1983 – Archimede Morleo , Italian footballer
1983 – Ricardo Quaresma , Portuguese footballer
1984 – Nev Schulman , American photographer, television host, and producer
1986 – Sean Doolittle , American baseball player[16]
1987 – Rosanna Munter , Swedish singer-songwriter
1987 – Vladimir Niculescu , Romanian professional football player
1987 – Cyril Gautier , French road bicycle racer
1988 – James Blake , English singer-songwriter and producer
1988 – Kiira Korpi , Finnish figure skater
1988 – Mark Simpson , English clarinet player and composer
1989 – Chinami Suzuki , Japanese model, television host, and actress
1989 – Jonny Bairstow , English and Yorkshire Wicketkeeper/Batsman
1991 – Dan Preston , English footballer
1991 – Alma Jodorowsky , French actress, fashion model and singer
1991 – Réka Demeter , Hungarian football defender
1992 – Yoo Ara , South Korean singer and actress
1993 – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist , American basketball player
1994 – Lucas Gafarot , Spanish footballer
1994 – Jack Conger , American swimmer
1995 – Miloš Veljković , Serbian footballer
2000 – Princess Salma bint Abdullah , Jordanian princess
Deaths [ ]
800 – Berowulf , bishop of Würzburg
862 – Musa ibn Musa ibn Qasi , Muslim military leader (b. c. 790)
1241 – Fujiwara no Teika , Japanese poet
1290 – Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (b. 1283)
1313 – Gottfried von Hagenau , Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet
1327 – Cecco d'Ascoli , Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (b. 1257)
1328 – Ibn Taymiya , Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263)
1345 – William II, Count of Hainaut
1371 – Jovan Uglješa , Serbian despot
1413 – Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1337)
1417 – Francesco Zabarella , Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
1468 – Juan de Torquemada , Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388)
1536 – Didier de Saint-Jaille , 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller
1588 – Amias Paulet , Governor of Jersey (b. 1532)
1600 – Claude Le Jeune , French composer (b. 1530)
1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540)
1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu , Japanese daimyō (b. 1554)
1716 – Antoine Parent , French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro , Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
1800 – William Billings , American composer and educator (b. 1746)
1802 – Jurij Vega , Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
1820 – Daniel Boone , American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius , German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
1877 – Hermann Grassmann , German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
1902 – Levi Strauss , German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
1904 – Lafcadio Hearn , Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
1922 – Charles Wade , Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
1935 – Andy Adams , American author (b. 1859)
1935 – Iván Persa , Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
1937 – Bessie Smith , American singer and actress (b. 1894)
1943 – Henri Fertet , French Resistance fighter (b. 1926) [17]
1945 – Béla Bartók , Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
1946 – William Strunk, Jr. , American author and educator (b. 1869)
1947 – Hugh Lofting , English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
1951 – Hans Cloos , German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
1952 – George Santayana , Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
1953 – Xu Beihong , Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
1954 – Ellen Roosevelt , American tennis player (b. 1868)
1957 – Arthur Powell Davies , American minister and author (b. 1902)
1959 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
1959 – Leslie Morshead , Australian general (b. 1889)
1959 – Teodor Ussisoo , Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
1965 – James Fitzmaurice , Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin , Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr. , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)
1968 – Władysław Kędra , Polish pianist (b. 1918)
1972 – Charles Correll , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis , American historian and author (b. 1891)
1973 – Ralph Earnhardt , American race car driver (b. 1923)
1973 – Anna Magnani , Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)
1976 – Leopold Ružička , Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1977 – Uday Shankar , Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900)
1978 – Manne Siegbahn , Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt , American actor (b. 1910)
1982 – Alec Hurwood , Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1984 – Paquirri , Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
1984 – John Facenda , American sportscaster (b. 1913)
1987 – Ramang , Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
1987 – Herbert Tichy , Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
1988 – Branko Zebec , Yugoslav football player and coach (b. 1929)
1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay , Indian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1920)
1990 – Hiram Abas , Turkish intelligence officer (b. 1932)
1990 – Alberto Moravia , Italian author and critic (b. 1907)
1991 – Billy Vaughn , American singer and bandleader (b. 1919)
1995 – Kalju Pitksaar , Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu , Romanian politician (b. 1951)
1998 – Betty Carter , American singer (b. 1930)
1999 – Oseola McCarty , American philanthropist (b. 1908)
2000 – Richard Mulligan , American actor (b. 1932)
2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino , Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1937)
2003 – Shawn Lane , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)
2003 – Robert Palmer , English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
2004 – Marianna Komlos , Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
2005 – Helen Cresswell , English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2006 – Byron Nelson , American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino , American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916)
2007 – Bill Wirtz , American businessman (b. 1929)
2008 – Marc Moulin , Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
2008 – Paul Newman , American actor, director, producer, and businessman (b. 1925)
2010 – Terry Newton , English rugby player (b. 1978)
2010 – Gloria Stuart , American actress (b. 1910)
2011 – Bob Cassilly , American sculptor, founded the City Museum (b. 1949)
2012 – M'el Dowd , American actress and singer (b. 1933)
2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk , Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)
2012 – Eugene Genovese , American historian and author (b. 1930)
2012 – Sam Steiger , American journalist and politician (b. 1929)
2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak , Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944)
2013 – Seánie Duggan , Irish hurler (b. 1922)
2013 – Mario Montez , Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Sos Sargsyan , Armenian actor and director (b. 1929)
2014 – Jim Boeke , American football player and coach (b. 1938)
2014 – Sam Hall , American screenwriter (b. 1921)
2014 – Gerald Neugebauer , American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)
2014 – Tamir Sapir , Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946)
2015 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich , Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928)
2015 – Sidney Phillips , American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Ana Seneviratne , Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927)
2019 – Jacques René Chirac , French politician & President of France (1954–1957) (b. 1932) [18]
Holidays and observances [ ]
Christian feast days :
Canadian Martyrs (Roman Catholic Church in Canada)
Cosmas and Damian
John of Meda
Nilus the Younger
Wilson Carlile (Anglican )
September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the National Flag (Ecuador )
Dominion Day (New Zealand )
European Day of Languages (European Union )
National Good Neighbor Day (United States )
Revolution Day (Yemen )
References [ ]
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↑ The United Service . L.R. Hamersly & Company. 1904. p. 685 .
↑ William Rae Wilson (1826). Travels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, Germany, Netherlands, &c . Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. p. 1.
↑ Winerman, Marc (2003). "The Origins of the FTC: Concentration, Cooperation, Control, and Competition" (PDF) . Antitrust Law Journal . 71 : 1–97. Retrieved December 6, 2017 .
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↑ Georges Duplessis (1871). The Wonders of Engraving . S. Low, son, and Marston. pp. 255 .
↑ The Penn Monthly . University Press Company. 1872. p. 2.
↑ Barak Longmate (1810). Stockdale's Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland . J. Stockdale. p. 24.
↑ The American Whitaker Almanac and Encyclopedia . 1915. p. 471.
↑ Ricky Tomlinson (4 September 2008). Ricky . Little, Brown Book Group. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7481-0914-2 .
↑ "Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira" .
↑ "Obituary" . The Times . London. April 13, 2005. Retrieved July 18, 2009 .
↑ Das, Bijoyeta. "BUILDING BRIDGES, BUILDING PEACE:The Life and Work of Claudette Werleigh of Haiti" (PDF) . University of San Diego . p. 15.
↑ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" .
↑ "Serena WILLIAMS - Olympic Tennis | United States of America" . International Olympic Committee . 17 December 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
↑ "Major League Baseball official website" .
↑ "Henri Fertet" . Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-01 .
↑ "Chirac: A life in French politics" . BBC News . 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2019-10-06 .
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