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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[46 BC]] – [[Julius Caesar]] dedicates a [[Temple of Venus Genetrix|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 of England|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]]. *[[1423]] – [[Hundred Years' War]]: A French army defeats the English at the [[Battle of La Brossinière]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-century France |last= Walsby|first= Malcolm |year= 2007 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |location= Aldershot|isbn= 9780754658115}}</ref> *[[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 [[Francis Drake's circumnavigation|his circumnavigation of the Earth]] in Plymouth, England. ===1601–1900=== *[[1687]] – [[Morean War]]: The [[Parthenon]] in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the [[Siege of the Acropolis (1687)|Siege of the Acropolis]] by [[Republic of Venice|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 [[Philadelphia campaign|occupy]] Philadelphia. *[[1789]] – [[George Washington]] appoints [[Thomas Jefferson]] the first [[United States Secretary of State]].<ref>{{cite book|author=George Washington|title=The Writings of George Washington: Part fifth: comprising speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOip62Ta_WgC&pg=PA432|year=1837|publisher=American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell|pages=432}}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[War of the 2nd Coalition]]: French troops [[Second Battle of Zurich|defeat]] Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.<ref>{{cite book|title=The United Service|url=https://archive.org/details/unitedservice07unkngoog|year=1904|publisher=L.R. Hamersly & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/unitedservice07unkngoog/page/n8 685]}}</ref> *[[1810]] – A new [[Swedish Act of Succession|Act of Succession]] is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and [[Jean Baptiste Bernadotte]] becomes heir to the Swedish throne.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Rae Wilson|title=Travels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, Germany, Netherlands, &c|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eZdYl28maMC&pg=RA1-PA5|year=1826|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green|pages=1}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[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. *[[1914]] – 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]] – [[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 calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian [[occupation of the Ruhr]]. *[[1933]] – 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]] – [[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]] – [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]: Senior SS official August Frank issues [[August Frank memorandum|a memorandum]] detailing how Jews should be "evacuated". *[[1950]] – Korean War: United Nations troops [[Second Battle of Seoul|recapture Seoul]] from North Korean forces. *[[1953]] – [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|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 [[United States presidential debates#1960 Kennedy–Nixon debates|debate]] takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. *[[1978]] – [[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]] – A [[Oktoberfest bombing|terrorist bombing]] at the [[Oktoberfest]] in [[Munich]], Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others. *[[1983]] – 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 – [[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]] – The United Kingdom and China agree to a [[transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong]], to take place in 1997. *[[1992]] – A [[Nigerian Air Force]] [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] [[1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash|crashes]] in [[Ejigbo, Lagos]], killing 159. *[[1994]] – 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]] – A [[Garuda Indonesia]] [[Airbus A300]] [[Garuda Indonesia Flight 152|crashes]] near Medan airport, killing 234. * 1997 – 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]] – [[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 Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers. *[[2002]] – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, {{MV|Le Joola}}, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. *[[2009]] – [[Typhoon Ketsana]] hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. *[[2010]] – 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]] – A [[2014 Iguala mass kidnapping|mass kidnapping]] occurs in Iguala, Mexico. *[[2022]] – [[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]] – [[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> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[932]] – [[Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah]], Arab caliph (died 975) *[[1329]] – [[Anne of Bavaria]], German queen consort (died 1353)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd136828701.html#ndbcontent|title=Anna|website=Deutsche Biographie|author=Thilo Vogelsang|access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> *[[1406]] – [[Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros]], English soldier and politician (died 1430) *[[1462]] – [[Engelbert, Count of Nevers]], younger son of [[John I, Duke of Cleves]] (died 1506)<ref>{{Cite ADB|4|330|330|Engelbert von Cleve|Karl Leopold Strauven|ADB:Engelbert von Cleve}}</ref> *[[1526]] – [[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]] (died 1569) ===1601–1900=== *[[1637]] – [[Sébastien Leclerc (1637–1714)|Sébastien Leclerc]], French painter (died 1714)<ref>{{cite book|author=Georges Duplessis|title=The Wonders of Engraving|url=https://archive.org/details/wondersengravin00duplgoog|year=1871|publisher=S. Low, son, and Marston|pages=[https://archive.org/details/wondersengravin00duplgoog/page/n263 255]}}</ref> *[[1641]] – [[Nehemiah Grew]], English plant anatomist and physiologist (died 1712) *[[1651]] – [[Francis Daniel Pastorius]], founder of [[Germantown, Philadelphia]] (died 1720)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Penn Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T75OAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2|year=1872|publisher=University Press Company|pages=2}}</ref> *[[1660]] – [[George William, Duke of Liegnitz]] (died 1675) *[[1698]] – [[William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire]] (died 1755)<ref>{{cite book|author=Barak Longmate|title=Stockdale's Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8zMwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA24|year=1810|publisher=J. Stockdale|pages=24}}</ref> *[[1711]] – [[Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple]], English politician, [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] (died 1779) *[[1750]] – [[Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood]], English admiral (died 1810) *[[1758]] – [[Cosme Argerich]], Argentinian physician (died 1820) *[[1767]] – [[Wenzel Müller]], Austrian composer and conductor (died 1835) *[[1774]] – [[Johnny Appleseed]], American gardener and environmentalist (died 1845) *[[1783]] – [[Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke]], English politician and literary figure (died 1858) *[[1791]] – [[Théodore Géricault]], French painter and lithographer (died 1824) *[[1792]] – [[William Hobson]], Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st [[Governor of New Zealand]] (died 1842) *[[1820]] – [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (died 1891) *[[1840]] – [[Louis-Olivier Taillon]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th [[Premier of Quebec]] (died 1923) *[[1843]] – [[Joseph Furphy]], Australian author and poet (died 1912) *[[1848]] – [[Henry Walters]], American art collector and philanthropist (died 1931) *[[1849]] – [[Ivan Pavlov]], Russian physiologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1936)<ref name="SaariAllison1996">{{cite book|author1=Peggy Saari|author2=Stephen Allison|author3=Marie C. Ellavich|title=Scientists: P–Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hC8UAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=U-X-L|isbn=9780787609627|page=7467}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Anna Paaske]], Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (died 1935)<ref>{{cite news|title=70 aar. Sangerinnen fru Anna Paaske |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d337ba0c7ca1e59ac04d00aaea09133b?page=1|work=Haugesunds Dagblad|date=24 September 1926|location=Haugesund|page=2|language=no}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Archibald Butt]], [[United States Army]] Officer (died 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Archibald Willingham Butt |url=https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/archibald-butt.html |website=Archibald Willingham Butt |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> * 1865 – [[Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford]] (died 1937) *[[1869]] – [[Komitas]], Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935) *[[1870]] – [[Christian X of Denmark]] (died 1947)<ref>{{cite book|title=The American Whitaker Almanac and Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1QwAAAAIAAJ|year=1915|page=471}}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Max Ehrmann]], American poet and lawyer (died 1945) *[[1873]] – [[Wacław Berent]], Polish author and translator (died 1940) *[[1874]] – [[Lewis Hine]], American photographer and activist (died 1940) * 1874 – [[Charles Vyner Brooke]], [[Raj of Sarawak|3rd Raj of Sarawak]] (died 1963)<ref>{{acad|id=BRK894CV|name=Brooke, Charles Vyner}}</ref> *[[1875]] – [[Edmund Gwenn]], English-American actor (died 1959)<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfEpAQAAMAAJ|year=1943|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|page=263}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Edith Abbott]], American economist, social worker, and author (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book |first1=James |last1=Cicarelli |first2=Julianne |last2=Cicarelli |title=Distinguished Women Economists |location=Westport |publisher=Greenwood |year=2003 |page=1 |isbn=978-0-31330-331-9}}</ref> * 1876 – [[Ghulam Bhik Nairang]], Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (died 1952) *[[1877]] – [[Ugo Cerletti]], Italian neurologist and academic (died 1963) * 1877 – [[Alfred Cortot]], Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1962) * 1877 – [[Bertha De Vriese]], Belgian physician (died 1958) *[[1878]] – [[Walter Steinbeck]], German actor (died 1942) *[[1884]] – [[Jack Bickell]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1951) *[[1886]] – [[Archibald Hill]], English physiologist, academic, and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1977) *[[1887]] – [[Edwin Keppel Bennett]], English author and poet (died 1958) * 1887 – [[Antonio Moreno]], Spanish-American actor and director (died 1967) * 1887 – [[Barnes Wallis]], English scientist and engineer, invented the [[Bouncing bomb]] (died 1979) *[[1888]] – [[J. Frank Dobie]], American journalist and author (died 1964) * 1888 – [[T. S. Eliot]], English poet, playwright, critic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1965) *[[1889]] – [[Gordon Brewster]], Irish cartoonist (died 1946) * 1889 – [[Martin Heidegger]], German philosopher and academic (died 1976) *[[1890]] – [[Jack Tresadern]], English footballer and manager (died 1959) *[[1891]] – [[William McKell]], Australian politician, 12th [[Governor General of Australia]] (died 1985) * 1891 – [[Charles Münch]], French violinist and conductor (died 1968) * 1891 – [[Hans Reichenbach]], German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1953) *[[1892]] – [[Robert Staughton Lynd]], American sociologist and academic (died 1970) *[[1894]] – [[Gladys Brockwell]], American actress (died 1929) * 1895 – [[Jürgen Stroop]], German general (died 1952) *[[1897]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] (died 1978) * 1897 – [[Arthur Rhys-Davids]], English lieutenant and pilot (died 1917) *[[1898]] – [[George Gershwin]], American pianist and composer (died 1937) *[[1900]] – [[Suzanne Belperron]], French jewelry designer (died 1983) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[George Raft]], American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1980) * 1901 – [[Ted Weems]], American bandleader and musician (died 1963) *[[1902]] – [[Albert Anastasia]], Italian-American mobster (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Michael Newton (author)|last=Newton|first=Michael|title=Boss of Murder, Inc.: The Criminal Life of Albert Anastasia|date=March 23, 2020|pages=3–4}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Millito Navarro]], Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2011) * 1905 – [[Karl Rappan]], Austrian footballer and coach (died 1996) *[[1907]] – [[Anthony Blunt]], English historian and spy (died 1983) * 1907 – [[Shug Fisher]], American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (died 1984) * 1907 – [[Bep van Klaveren]], Dutch boxer (died 1992) *[[1909]] – [[Bill France, Sr.]], American race car driver, founded [[NASCAR]] (died 1992) * 1909 – [[A. P. Hamann]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1977) *[[1911]] – [[Al Helfer]], American sportscaster (died 1975) *[[1913]] – [[Frank Brimsek]], American ice hockey player (died 1998) *[[1914]] – [[Achille Compagnoni]], Italian skier and mountaineer (died 2009) * 1914 – [[Jack LaLanne]], American fitness expert (died 2011) *[[1917]] – [[Réal Caouette]], Canadian journalist and politician (died 1976) * 1917 – [[Tran Duc Thao]], Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (died 1993) *[[1918]] – [[Eric Morley]], English businessman and television host, founded the [[Miss World]] (died 2000) *[[1919]] – [[Barbara Britton]], American actress (died 1980) * 1919 – [[Matilde Camus]], Spanish poet and author (died 2012) *[[1922]] – [[Takis Miliadis]], Greek actor (died 1985) * 1922 – [[Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia]] (died 2014) *[[1923]] – [[Dev Anand]], Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011) * 1923 – [[Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths]], English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (died 2015) * 1923 – [[James Hennessy (diplomat)|James Hennessy]], English businessman and diplomat (died 2024) *[[1924]] – [[Jean Hoerni]], Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (died 1997) *[[1925]] – [[Norm Dussault]], American-Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012) * 1925 – [[Marty Robbins]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (died 1982) *[[1926]] – [[Julie London]], American singer and actress (died 2000) * 1926 – [[Manfred Mayrhofer]], Austrian philologist and academic (died 2011) *[[1927]] – [[Robert Cade]], American physician and educator, co-invented [[Gatorade]] (died 2007) * 1927 – [[Patrick O'Neal (actor)|Patrick O'Neal]], American actor (died 1994) * 1927 – [[Enzo Bearzot]], Italian footballer and manager (died 2010) *[[1928]] – [[Bob Van der Veken]], Belgian actor (died 2019) * 1928 – [[Wilford White]], American football player (died 2013) *[[1930]] – [[Philip Bosco]], American actor (died 2018) * 1930 – [[Joe Brown (climber)|Joe Brown]], English mountaineer and author (died 2020) *[[1931]] – [[Kenneth Parnell]], American sex offender (died 2008) *[[1932]] – [[Donna Douglas]], American actress (died 2015)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 26: Serena Williams, James Blake |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-26-Serena-Williams-James-Blake/6901664047279/#:~:text=26%3A%20Serena%20Williams%2C%20James%20Blake%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=25 September 2023 |date=26 September 2022}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Joyce Jameson]], American actress (died 1987) * 1932 – [[Manmohan Singh]], Indian economist and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of India]] (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Manmohan Singh, India's reluctant prime minister, dies aged 92 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/manmohan-singh-indias-reluctant-prime-minister-dies-aged-92-2024-12-26/ |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=Reuters |date=26 December 2024}}</ref> * 1932 – [[Vladimir Voinovich]], Russian author and poet (died 2018) *[[1934]] – [[Neil Coles]], English golfer and architect *[[1935]] – [[Bob Barber (cricketer)|Bob Barber]], English cricketer * 1935 – [[Lou Myers (actor)|Lou Myers]], American actor (died 2013) * 1935 – [[Joe Sherlock]], Irish politician (died 2007) *[[1936]] – [[Leroy Drumm]], American sailor and songwriter (died 2010) * 1936 – [[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela]], South African academic and politician, 8th [[First Lady of South Africa]] (died 2018)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1937]] – [[Valentin Pavlov]], Russian banker and politician, 11th [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (died 2003) * 1937 – [[Jerry Weintraub]], American film producer and agent (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1938]] – [[Lucette Aldous]], New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator (died 2021) * 1938 – [[Jonathan Goldsmith]], American actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/79109/|title=Dos Equis' pitchman is Jewish actor living in Marina del Rey – Hollywood Jew|work=Jewish Journal|date=4 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Most Interesting (Actor) in the World|author=David Savona|magazine=Cigar Aficionado|volume=18|issue=6|date=October 2010|page= |pages=162–168|url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/15578/p/1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109133729/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/15578/p/1/|archive-date=November 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Lars-Jacob Krogh]], Norwegian journalist (died 2010) *[[1939]] – [[Ricky Tomlinson]], English actor and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|author=Ricky Tomlinson|title=Ricky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esZbYYAvjfcC&pg=PT10|date= 2008|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-0-7481-0914-2|pages=10}}</ref> *[[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<ref name="AP" /> *[[1942]] – [[Kent McCord]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1942 – [[Gloria E. Anzaldúa]], American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (died 2004) *[[1943]] – [[Ian Chappell]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster * 1943 – [[Tim Schenken]], Australian racing 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<ref name="AP" /> *[[1945]] – [[Louise Beaudoin]], Canadian academic and politician * 1945 – [[Gal Costa]], Brazilian singer (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dicionariompb.com.br/gal-costa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811121419/http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/gal-costa|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2011|title=Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Bryan Ferry]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1946]] – [[Andrea Dworkin]], American activist and author (died 2005)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article380289.ece|title=Obituary|work=[[The Times]]|date=April 13, 2005|access-date=July 18, 2009|location=London}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> * 1946 – [[John MacLachlan Gray]], Canadian actor, playwright, and composer * 1946 – [[Mary Beth Hurt]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1946 – [[Radha Krishna Mainali]], Nepalese politician * 1946 – [[Louise Simonson]], American author * 1946 – [[Claudette Werleigh]], Haitian Prime Minister<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catcher.sandiego.edu/items/peacestudies/Claudette-Werleigh-Haiti.pdf|title=Building Bridges, Building Peace: The Life and Work of Claudette Werleigh of Haiti|last=Das|first=Bijoyeta|website=University of San Diego|page=15}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Lucius Allen]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucius Allen |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76027/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Lynn Anderson]], American singer and actress (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1947 – [[Philippe Lavil]], French singer and actor * 1947 – [[Dick Roth]], American swimmer *[[1948]] – [[Olivia Newton-John]], English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Olivia Newton-John |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40105353 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 August 2022 |date=8 August 2022}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Vladimír Remek]], Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=13}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Clodoaldo]], Brazilian footballer and manager * 1949 – [[Wendy Saddington]], Australian singer and journalist (died 2013) * 1949 – [[Jane Smiley]], American novelist<ref name="UPI" /> * 1949 – [[Minette Walters]], English journalist and author *[[1950]] – [[Andy Haden]], New Zealand rugby player (died 2020) *[[1951]] – [[Tommy Taylor (footballer, born 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 (police officer)|Paul Stephenson]], English police officer *[[1954]] – [[Craig Chaquico]], American guitarist * 1954 – [[Kevin Kennedy (baseball)|Kevin Kennedy]], American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster * 1954 – [[Cesar Rosas]], Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> *[[1955]] – [[Carlene Carter]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1956]] – [[Steve Butler]], American race car driver and engineer * 1956 – [[Linda Hamilton]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 26, 2022 includes celebrities Serena Williams, Linda Hamilton |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-26-2022-includes-celebrities-serena-williams-linda-hamilton.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=25 September 2023 |date=26 September 2022}}</ref> *[[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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 2020) *[[1961]] – [[Jeanie Buss]], American sports executive<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buss|first1=Jeanie|last2=Springer|first2=Steve|title=Laker Girl|page=24|year=2010|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=9781600785115}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Cindy Herron]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – [[Marianne Mikko]], Estonian journalist and politician * 1961 – [[Will Self]], English novelist and journalist<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1962]] – [[Melissa Sue Anderson]], American-Canadian actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1962 – [[Jonas Bergqvist]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonas Bergqvist |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jonas-bergqvist-8445436 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 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<ref name="AP" /> * 1962 – [[Jacky Wu]], Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host *[[1963]] – [[Lysette Anthony]], English actress and producer * 1963 – [[Joe Nemechek]], American race car driver *[[1964]] – [[Dave Martinez]], American baseball player and coach *[[1965]] – [[Radisav Ćurčić]], Serbian-Israeli basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curcira01.html|title=Radisav Ćurčić Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Petro Poroshenko]], Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th [[President of Ukraine]] *[[1966]] – [[Jillian Barberie]], Canadian actress and sportscaster<ref name="AP" /> * 1966 – [[Christos Dantis]], Greek singer-songwriter and producer * 1966 – [[Shane Dye]], New Zealand jockey * 1966 – [[Craig Heyward]], American football player (died 2006) *[[1967]] – [[Bruno Akrapović]], Bosnian footballer and manager * 1967 – [[Shannon Hoon]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995) * 1967 – [[Craig Janney]], American ice hockey player *[[1968]] – [[Jim Caviezel]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – [[Ben Shenkman]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[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 racer * 1970 – [[Sheri Moon Zombie]], American actress and fashion designer * 1970 – [[David Parland]], Swedish guitarist (died 2013) *[[1972]] – [[Ras Kass]], American rapper and producer * 1972 – [[Beto O'Rourke]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000170|title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Shawn Stockman]], American singer *[[1973]] – [[Marty Casey]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1973 – [[Julienne Davis]], American actress, producer, and screenwriter * 1973 – [[Dr. Luke]], American record producer and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 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 – [[Chris Kunitz]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Kunitz |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/chris-kunitz-8470543 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 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, [[Prime Minister of Estonia|16th Prime Minister of Estonia]] * 1979 – [[Jacob Tierney]], Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1980]] – [[Patrick Friesacher]], Austrian racing driver * 1980 – [[Brooks Orpik]], American ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Daniel Sedin]], Swedish ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Henrik Sedin]], Swedish ice hockey player *[[1981]] – [[Asuka (wrestler)|Asuka]], Japanese professional wrestler * 1981 – [[Yao Beina]], Chinese singer (died 2015) * 1981 – [[Christina Milian]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1981 – [[Ayumi Tsunematsu]], Japanese voice actress * 1981 – [[Serena Williams]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Serena Williams – Olympic Tennis {{!}} United States of America |url=https://www.olympic.org/serena-williams#:~:text=With%20four%20Olympic%20gold%20medals,tennis%20player%20of%20all%20time. |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en |date=17 December 2018}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Rob Burrow]], English rugby player (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 June 2024|access-date=3 June 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/02/rob-burrow-leeds-scrum-half-dies-41-mnd-rugby-league|title=Rob Burrow, former Leeds scrum-half, dies at 41, years after MND diagnosis|first=Aaron|last=Bower}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Simon Picone]], Italian rugby player * 1982 – [[Miguel Alfredo Portillo]], Argentinian footballer * 1982 – [[John Scott (ice hockey, born 1982)|John Scott]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1982 – [[Sun Li (actress)|Sun Li]], Chinese actress <ref>{{Cite web|title=孙俪生日还有后续!继"送屁"之后,活宝邓超再送老婆8小时睡眠_微博|url=http://www.sohu.com/a/420977864_388887|access-date=3 December 2024|website=www.sohu.com|language=en}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Archimede Morleo]], Italian footballer * 1983 – [[Zoe Perry]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1983 – [[Ricardo Quaresma]], Portuguese footballer *[[1984]] – [[Nev Schulman]], American photographer, television host, and producer<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1985]] – [[Talulah Riley]], English actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1985 – [[Greg Stiemsma]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Stiemsma |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201880/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Sean Doolittle]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/sean-doolittle-448281|title=Major League Baseball official website|website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Cyril Gautier]], French road bicycle racer * 1987 – [[Rosanna Munter]], Swedish singer-songwriter * 1987 – [[Vladimir Niculescu]], Romanian footballer *[[1988]] – [[Chris Archer]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Archer |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chris-archer-502042 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]], English singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1988 – [[Kiira Korpi]], Finnish figure skater * 1988 – [[Buddy Matthews]], Australian wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Buddy Murphy |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/23120394/wwe-profile-page-buddy-murphy |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 September 2023 |date=23 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Jonny Bairstow]], English cricketer *[[1991]] – [[Réka Demeter]], Hungarian football defender * 1991 – [[Alma Jodorowsky]], French actress, fashion model and singer * 1991 – [[Dan Preston]], English footballer *[[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 *[[1996]] – [[Shake Milton]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shake Milton |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629003/shake-milton |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Jessika Ponchet]], French tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Tennis Association |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319421/jessika-ponchet |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jessika Ponchet – Player Profile – Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/jessika-ponchet_prs474528/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Frankie Amaya]], American soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Frankie Amaya |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/frankie-amaya/ |website=Major League Soccer |access-date=23 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Princess Salma bint Abdullah]], Jordanian princess *[[2001]] – [[Xinyu Wang]], Chinese tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326376/xinyu-wang|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Xinyu Wang|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[800]] – [[Berowulf]], bishop of [[Bishopric of Würzburg|Würzburg]] * [[862]] – [[Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi]], Muslim military leader (born c. 790) *[[1241]] – [[Fujiwara no Teika]], Japanese poet *[[1290]] – [[Margaret, Maid of Norway]] Queen of Scotland (born 1283) *[[1313]] – [[Gottfried von Hagenau]], Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet *[[1327]] – [[Cecco d'Ascoli]], Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (born 1257) *[[1328]] – [[Ibn Taymiya]], Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (born 1263) *[[1345]] – [[William II, Count of Hainaut]] *[[1371]] – [[Jovan Uglješa]], Serbian despot *[[1413]] – [[Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria]] (born 1337) *[[1417]] – [[Francesco Zabarella]], Italian cardinal (born 1360) *[[1468]] – [[Juan de Torquemada (cardinal)|Juan de Torquemada]], Spanish cardinal and theologian (born 1388) *[[1536]] – [[Didier de Saint-Jaille]], 46th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] *[[1588]] – [[Amias Paulet]], Governor of Jersey (born 1532) *[[1600]] – [[Claude Le Jeune]], French composer (born 1530) ===1601–1900=== *[[1620]] – [[Taichang Emperor]] of China (born 1582) *[[1623]] – [[Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire]] (born 1540) *[[1626]] – [[Wakisaka Yasuharu]], Japanese daimyō (born 1554) *[[1716]] – [[Antoine Parent]], French mathematician and theorist (born 1666) *[[1764]] – [[Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro]], Spanish monk and scholar (born 1676) *[[1800]] – [[William Billings]], American composer and educator (born 1746) *[[1802]] – [[Jurij Vega]], Slovene mathematician and physicist (born 1754) *[[1820]] – [[Daniel Boone]], American hunter and explorer (born 1734) *[[1825]] – [[José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle]], Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (born 1779)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basadre |first=Jorge |year=2005 |orig-year=First published 1939 |title=Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933) |volume=1 |page=98 |edition=9th |language=es |trans-title=History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933) |location=Lima |publisher=El Comercio |isbn=978-612-306-354-2}}</ref> *[[1846]] – [[Thomas Clarkson]], English abolitionist (born 1760)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – History – Thomas Clarkson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/clarkson_thomas.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[August Ferdinand Möbius]], German mathematician and astronomer (born 1790) *[[1877]] – [[Hermann Grassmann]], German mathematician and physicist (born 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Levi Strauss]], German-American businessman, founded [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] (born 1829) *[[1904]] – [[Lafcadio Hearn]], Greek-Japanese author and academic (born 1850) * 1904 – [[John Fitzwilliam Stairs]], Canadian businessman and politician (born 1848) *[[1922]] – [[Charles Wade]], Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (born 1863) *[[1935]] – [[Andy Adams (writer)|Andy Adams]], American author (born 1859) * 1935 – [[Iván Persa]], Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (born 1861) *[[1937]] – [[Bessie Smith]], American singer and actress (born 1894) *[[1943]] – [[Henri Fertet]], [[French Resistance]] fighter (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/compagnons/henri-fertet |title=Henri Fertet |website=[[Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération]] |language=fr |access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Béla Bartók]], Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1881) *[[1946]] – [[William Strunk Jr.]], American author and educator (born 1869) *[[1947]] – [[Hugh Lofting]], English-American author and poet (born 1886) *[[1951]] – [[Hans Cloos]], German geologist and academic (born 1885) *[[1952]] – [[George Santayana]], Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1863) *[[1953]] – [[Xu Beihong]], Chinese painter and educator (born 1895) *[[1954]] – [[Ellen Roosevelt]], American tennis player (born 1868) *[[1957]] – [[Arthur Powell Davies]], American minister and author (born 1902) *[[1959]] – [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] (born 1899) * 1959 – [[Leslie Morshead]], Australian general (born 1889) * 1959 – [[Teodor Ussisoo]], Estonian furniture designer and educator (born 1878) *[[1961]] – [[Charles Erwin Wilson]], American politician, [[United States Secretary of Defense|5th United States Secretary of Defense]] (born 1890)<ref name="Historical Office Charles E. Wilson">{{cite web |url=https://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571268/charles-e-wilson/ |title=Charles E. Wilson – Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration |work=Office of the Secretary of Defense – Historical Office}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[James Fitzmaurice (pilot)|James Fitzmaurice]], Irish soldier and pilot (born 1898) *[[1968]] – [[Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin]], Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (born 1902) * 1968 – [[Daniel Johnson Sr.]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Premier of Quebec]] (born 1915) * 1968 – [[Władysław Kędra]], Polish pianist (born 1918) *[[1972]] – [[Charles Correll]], American actor and screenwriter (born 1890) *[[1973]] – [[Samuel Flagg Bemis]], American historian and author (born 1891) * 1973 – [[Ralph Earnhardt]], American race car driver (born 1928) * 1973 – [[Anna Magnani]], Italian actress and singer (born 1908) *[[1976]] – [[Leopold Ružička]], Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1887) *[[1977]] – [[Uday Shankar]], Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1900) *[[1978]] – [[Manne Siegbahn]], Swedish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1886) *[[1979]] – [[Arthur Hunnicutt]], American actor (born 1910) *[[1982]] – [[Alec Hurwood]], Australian cricketer (born 1902) *[[1984]] – [[Paquirri]], Spanish bullfighter (born 1948) * 1984 – [[John Facenda]], American sportscaster (born 1913) *[[1987]] – [[Ramang]], Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1928) * 1987 – [[Herbert Tichy]], Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (born 1912) *[[1988]] – [[Branko Zebec]], Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (born 1929) *[[1989]] – [[Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay]], Indian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1920) *[[1990]] – [[Hiram Abas]], Turkish intelligence officer (born 1932) * 1990 – [[Alberto Moravia]], Italian author and critic (born 1907) *[[1991]] – [[Billy Vaughn]], American singer and bandleader (born 1919) *[[1995]] – [[Kalju Pitksaar]], Estonian chess player (born 1931) *[[1996]] – [[Nicu Ceaușescu]], Romanian politician (born 1951) *[[1997]] – [[Dorothy Kingsley]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Dorothy Kingsley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-dorothy-kingsley-1233896.html |website=The Independent |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en |date=23 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Betty Carter]], American singer (born 1930) *[[1999]] – [[Oseola McCarty]], American philanthropist (born 1908) *[[2000]] – [[Richard Mulligan]], American actor (born 1932) * 2000 – [[Baden Powell de Aquino]], Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937) *[[2002]] – [[Nils Bohlin]], Swedish engineer, invented [[three-point safety belt]] (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web | title=Inventor of three-point seat belt dies | work=Deathwatch | url=http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html | accessdate=August 1, 2005 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051110014724/http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html | archivedate=November 10, 2005 }}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Shawn Lane]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1963) * 2003 – [[Robert Palmer]], English singer-songwriter (born 1949) *[[2004]] – [[Marianna Komlos]], Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (born 1969) *[[2005]] – [[Helen Cresswell]], English author and screenwriter (born 1934) *[[2006]] – [[Byron Nelson]], American golfer and coach (born 1912) * 2006 – [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]], American wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1916) *[[2007]] – [[Bill Wirtz]], American businessman (born 1929) *[[2008]] – [[Marc Moulin]], Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942) * 2008 – [[Paul Newman]], American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925) *[[2010]] – [[Terry Newton]], English rugby player (born 1978) * 2010 – [[Gloria Stuart]], American actress (born 1910) *[[2011]] – [[Bob Cassilly]], American sculptor, founded the [[City Museum]] (born 1949) *[[2012]] – [[M'el Dowd]], American actress and singer (born 1933) * 2012 – [[Sylvia Fedoruk]], Canadian physicist and politician, 17th [[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] (born 1927) * 2012 – [[Eugene Genovese]], American historian and author (born 1930) * 2012 – [[Sam Steiger]], American journalist and politician (born 1929) *[[2013]] – [[Azizan Abdul Razak]], Malaysian politician, 10th [[List of Menteris Besar of Kedah|Menteri Besar of Kedah]] (born 1944) * 2013 – [[Seánie Duggan]], Irish hurler (born 1922) * 2013 – [[Mario Montez]], Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935) * 2013 – [[Sos Sargsyan]], Armenian actor and director (born 1929) *[[2014]] – [[Jim Boeke]], American football player and coach (born 1938) * 2014 – [[Sam Hall (writer)|Sam Hall]], American screenwriter (born 1921) * 2014 – [[Gerald Neugebauer]], American astronomer and physicist (born 1932) * 2014 – [[Tamir Sapir]], Georgian-American businessman (born 1946) *[[2015]] – [[Eudóxia Maria Froehlich]], Brazilian zoologist (born 1928) * 2015 – [[Sidney Phillips]], American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924) * 2015 – [[Ana Seneviratne]], Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927) *[[2016]] – [[Toughie (frog)|Toughie]], [[endling|last known]] [[Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog]] (h. {{floruit|2005}})<ref>{{cite news |last=Daley |first=Jason |date=October 4, 2016 |title=Adiós, Toughie: The Last Known Rabb's Fringe-Limbed Tree Frog Dies in Atlanta |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adios-toughie-last-rabbs-fringe-limbed-tree-frog-dies-atlanta-180960671/ |work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023 |quote=Since his discovery in 2005, Toughie the frog has been the face of amphibian extinction}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Jacques Chirac]], French politician, President of France (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13299221?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0g3wt/obituaries&link_location=live-reporting-story|title=Chirac: A life in French politics|website=BBC News |date =2019-09-26|access-date =2019-10-06}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]], American actor (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|title='Beverly Hills Cop' Actor John Ashton Dead at 76|url=https://www.tmz.com/2024/09/29/beverly-hills-cop-john-ashton-dead/|website=TMZ|date=September 29, 2024}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[calendar of saints|feast days]]: ** [[Canadian Martyrs]] (Catholic Church in Canada) ** [[Saints Cosmas and Damian|Cosmas and Damian]] ** [[John of Meda]] ** [[Nilus the Younger]] ** [[Wilson Carlile]] ([[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Anglican]]) ** [[September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Flag Day|Day of the National Flag]] ([[Ecuador]]) * [[Dominion Day]] ([[New Zealand]]) * [[European Day of Languages]] ([[European Union]])<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – Languages – Event – The European Day of Languages, 26th September |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/edl/ |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * [[International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons|url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/nuclear-weapons-elimination-day |website=United Nations |access-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926153256/https://www.un.org/en/observances/nuclear-weapons-elimination-day |archive-date=26 September 2023}}</ref> * [[1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident|Petrov day]]<ref>{{Cite journal |title=LW Petrov Day 2022 (Monday, 9/26) – LessWrong |url=https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KTEciTeFwL2tTujZk/lw-petrov-day-2022-monday-9-26 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=www.lesswrong.com |date=22 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[Yemen Arab Republic|Revolution Day]] ([[Yemen]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/26 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=26}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/26 |title=Historical Events on September 26 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:September 26}} [[Category:Days of September]]
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