September 26 in History

Historical Events on September 26

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.
1087

William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
1212

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: The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şahin Pasha and the Serbian army under the command of Vukašin Mrnjavčević and Jovan Uglješa clash at the Battle of Maritsa.
1493

Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
1580

Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
1687

The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are 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

American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
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.
1799

War of the 2nd Coalition: Second Battle of Zurich Austro-Russian forces under Korsakov are defeated by Franco-Swiss under André Masséna, leading to the collapse of Alexander Suvorov's campaign.
1810

A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1905

Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.
1907

New Zealand and Newfoundland each become 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 (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
1917

World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
1918

World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
1923

Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations.
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

Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1942

The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher official of the SS concentration camp administration department, issues a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated".
1944

World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio Valley region after 10 days of fighting.
1950

United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1953

Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ended
1954

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

Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983

Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military 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, 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 Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
2002

An overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, 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.

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