Tukuk-OS📅 September 26
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on September 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2016 — The Ecnomiohyla rabborum became extinct when the last known surviving member died in captivity.
- 2014 — Forty-three students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Iguala, Mexico, were kidnapped and probably later killed.
- 2010 — Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
- 2008 — Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy (pictured) flew a wingpack powered by jet engines across the English Channel.
- 1983 — Cold War: Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war by identifying as a false alarm signals that appeared to indicate an impending U.S. missile attack.
Cold WarStanislav Petrov1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
- 1983 — The racing yacht Australia II, captained by John Bertrand, won the America's Cup and ended the New York Yacht Club's 132-year defence of the trophy.
- 1968 — The Beatles completed the recording of John Lennon's song "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", regarded by all the band members as their favourite on the album The Beatles.
- 1959 — The Cambodian–Vietnamese War formally ended with the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from the People's Republic of Kampuchea, a client state it had implemented to overthrow Democratic Kampuchea and the Khmer Rouge.
Cambodian–Vietnamese WarPeople's Republic of KampucheaDemocratic Kampuchea
- 1959 — Japan was struck by Typhoon Vera, the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country, causing damage in excess of US$261 million and more than 5,000 deaths.
- 1944 — World War II: The Soviet Red Army completed the Tallinn offensive, driving German forces out of Estonia.
- 1933 — As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrendered to the FBI, he supposedly shouted "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which became a nickname for FBI agents.
Machine Gun Kelly (gangster)Federal Bureau of InvestigationG-man
- 1928 — The Republic of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh (designer pictured) as the official system for romanization of Mandarin Chinese.
Nationalist governmentGwoyeu RomatzyhRomanization of Chinese
- 1919 — The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeated the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.
Revolutionary Insurgent Army of UkraineVolunteer ArmyBattle of Peregonovka
- 1917 — World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood, part of the Battle of Passchendaele, began near Ypres, Belgium.
- 1907 — The British colony of New Zealand officially became a dominion to reflect its political independence since the 1850s.
- 1580 — English explorer Francis Drake's galleon the Golden Hind (replica pictured) sailed into Plymouth, completing his circumnavigation of the globe.
- 1493 — Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Dudum siquidem, one of the Bulls of Donation, marking the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
- 1142 — Stephen of Blois's army approached Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.
- 1087 — William II, son of William the Conqueror, was crowned king of England.
William II of EnglandWilliam the ConquerorList of English monarchs
- -46 — Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome to Venus, the mythical ancestor of his family.
Births
- 2006 — Myles Lewis-Skelly, English footballer
- 2003 — Jane Remover, American musician
- 2001 — João Pedro, Brazilian footballer
- 2001 — Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player
- 2000 — Frankie Amaya, American soccer player
- 2000 — Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
- 1997 — Özge Yağız, Turkish actress
- 1995 — Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
- 1994 — Jack Conger, American swimmer
- 1993 — Rosicleide Andrade, Brazilian Paralympic judoka
- 1993 — Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player
- 1992 — Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress
Deaths
- 2024 — John Ashton, American actor (born 1948)
- 2019 — Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France (born 1932)
- 2016 — Toughie, last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h. fl. 2005)
- 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)
- 2014 — Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (born 1938)
- 2014 — Sam Hall, American screenwriter (born 1921)
- 2014 — Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (born 1932)
- 2014 — Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (born 1946)
- 2013 — Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (born 1944)
- 2013 — Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (born 1922)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast days: Canadian Martyrs (Catholic Church in Canada)
- Christian feast days: Cosmas and Damian
- Christian feast days: Blessed Crescencia Valls Espí
- Christian feast days: John of Meda
- Christian feast days: Blessed Kaspar Stanggassinger
- Christian feast days: Blessed Luigi Tezza
- Christian feast days: Nilus the Younger
- Christian feast days: Thérèse Couderc
- Christian feast days: Wilson Carlile (Anglican)
- Christian feast days: September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)
- Dominion Day (New Zealand)
- European Day of Languages (European Union)
- International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- Petrov day
- Revolution Day (Yemen)
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