Editing September 26 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Albert Einstein]] publishes the third of his [[Annus Mirabilis papers]], introducing the special theory of relativity.
*[[1907]] &ndash; Four months after the [[1907 Imperial Conference]], New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Federal Trade Commission|United States Federal Trade Commission]] is established by the [[Federal Trade Commission Act]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Winerman|first1=Marc|title=The Origins of the FTC: Concentration, Cooperation, Control, and Competition|journal=Antitrust Law Journal|date=2003|volume=71|pages=1–97|url=https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/federal-trade-commission-history/origins.pdf|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Polygon Wood]] begins.
*[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: The [[Meuse-Argonne Offensive]] began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
*[[1923]] &ndash; The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian [[occupation of the Ruhr]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; As gangster [[Machine Gun Kelly (gangster)|Machine Gun Kelly]] surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, [[G-Man (slang)|G-Men]]!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Lluis Companys]] [[Cabinet reshuffle|reshuffles]] the [[Generalitat de Catalunya]], with the [[Libertarian Marxism|marxist]] [[POUM]] and [[anarcho-syndicalist]] [[National Confederation of Labor|CNT]] joining the government.<ref>{{cite book|last=Preston|first=Paul|title=The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge|publisher=Harper Perennial|location=London|year=2006|pages=253–254}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]: Senior SS official August Frank issues [[August Frank memorandum|a memorandum]] detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
*[[1950]] &ndash; Korean War: United Nations troops [[Second Battle of Seoul|recapture Seoul]] from North Korean forces.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|Rationing]] of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.
*[[1954]] &ndash; The Japanese rail ferry ''[[Tōya Maru]]'' sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Typhoon Vera]], the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6&nbsp;million others homeless.
*[[1960]] &ndash; In Chicago, the first televised [[United States presidential debates#1960 Kennedy–Nixon debates|debate]] takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Air Caribbean Flight 309]] crashes in [[Residencial Las Casas]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], killing six.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Beechcraft D18S N500L, 26 Sep 1978 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4067 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; A [[Oktoberfest bombing|terrorist bombing]] at the [[Oktoberfest]] in [[Munich]], Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others.
*[[1983]] &ndash; Soviet Air Force officer [[Stanislav Petrov]] identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a [[1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident|computer error and not an American first strike]], thus preventing nuclear war.
*1983 &ndash; [[Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L]], intended to launch a crew to the [[Salyut 7]] space station, explodes on the launch pad. The [[launch escape system]] is activated before the [[Soyuz-U]] rocket explodes, saving the crew.<ref name="americaspace">{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Ben |date=September 28, 2013 |title='We Were Swearing!' Thirty Years Since Russia's Brush With Disaster |url=http://www.americaspace.com/?p=42882 |access-date=2014-01-24}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; The United Kingdom and China agree to a [[transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong]], to take place in 1997.
*[[1992]] &ndash; A [[Nigerian Air Force]] [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] [[1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash|crashes]] in [[Ejigbo, Lagos]], killing 159.
*[[1994]] &ndash; A [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] [[1994 Vanavara air disaster|crashes]] into a river near [[Vanavara (rural locality)|Vanavara]], Russia, killing 24.<ref name="BAAA">{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Vanavara: 28 killed |url=http://www.baaa-acro.com/1994/archives/crash-of-a-yakovlev-yak-40-in-vanavara-28-killed/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421093920/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1994/archives/crash-of-a-yakovlev-yak-40-in-vanavara-28-killed/ |archive-date=2017-04-21 |access-date=2017-04-20 |website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; A [[Garuda Indonesia]] [[Airbus A300]] [[Garuda Indonesia Flight 152|crashes]] near Medan airport, killing 234.
*  1997   &ndash; An [[1997 Umbria and Marche earthquake|earthquake]] strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Anti-globalization protests in Prague]] (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
*  2000   &ndash; The {{MS|Express Samina}} sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
*[[2002]] &ndash; The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, {{MV|Le Joola}}, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Typhoon Ketsana]] hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[2010 Philippine Bar exam bombing|Philippine Bar exam bombing]] occurred near the [[De La Salle University]] in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.<ref name='44 people injured in bomb explosion in La Salle, Manila'>{{cite news | title = 44 people injured in bomb explosion in La Salle, Manila | url = http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20100928met1.html | newspaper = The Daily Tribune | location = Manila | date = 2010-09-28 | accessdate = 2011-06-02 | author = Pat C. Santos}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; A [[2014 Iguala mass kidnapping|mass kidnapping]] occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Izhevsk school shooting|A mass shooting]] occurs at a school in [[Izhevsk]], [[Udmurtia]], Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.<ref name=Ведомости>{{cite news |title=Число погибших из-за стрельбы в ижевской школе увеличилось до 18 |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/society/news/2022/11/08/949352-chislo-pogibshih-iz-za-strelbi-izhevskoi-shkole-uvelichilos-18 |access-date=26 September 2024 |work=Ведомости |date=8 November 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Helene]] makes landfall in [[Perry, Florida|Perry]], [[Florida]] as a [[Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale#Category 4|Category 4 hurricane]], killing over 250 people, causing US$78.7 billion in damage and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the [[Lower 48|mainland]] [[United States]] since [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=NCEI.Monitoring.Info@noaa.gov |title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov |language=en}}</ref>