September 26 Explained

Events

Pre-1600

• 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.
• 1423  - Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.^[1]
• 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 in Plymouth, England.

1601–1900

• 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.^[2]
• 1799  - War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.^[3]
• 1810  - A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.^[4]

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 United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.^[5]
• 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 surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
• 1936  - Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.^[6]
• 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.
• 1978  - Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six.^[7]
• 1980  - A 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 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.^[8]
• 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 crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159.
• 1994  - A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24.^[9]
• 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 sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
• 2002  - The overcrowded Senegalese ferry,, 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 Philippine Bar exam bombing occurred near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.^[10]
• 2014  - A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
• 2022  - A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.^[11]
• 2024  - Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry, Florida as a category four hurricane, killing over 250 people and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina. ^[12]

Births

Pre-1600

• 932  - Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (d. 975)
• 1329  - Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (d. 1353)^[13]
• 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)^[14]
• 1526  - Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1569)

1601–1900

• 1637  - Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (d. 1714)^[15]
• 1641  - Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (d. 1712)
• 1651  - Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, Philadelphia (d. 1720)^[16]
• 1660  - George William, Duke of Liegnitz (d. 1675)
• 1698  - William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (d. 1755)^[17]
• 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)^[18]
• 1865  - Archibald Butt, United States Army Officer (d. 1912)^[19]
• 1865  - Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
• 1869  - Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
• 1870  - Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)^[20]
• 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)
• 1874  - Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Raj of Sarawak (d. 1963)
• 1875  - Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor (d. 1959)^[21]
• 1876  - Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)^[22]
• 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–present

• 1901  - George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
• 1901  - Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (d. 1963)
• 1902  - Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mobster (d. 1957)^[23]
• 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  - Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)
• 1919  - Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)
• 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 (d. 2024)
• 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 (d. 2020)
• 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)^[24]
• 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 (d. 2021)
• 1938  - Jonathan Goldsmith, American actor^{[25] [26]}
• 1938  - Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
• 1939  - Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter^[27]
• 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 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
• 1945  - Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician
• 1945  - Gal Costa, Brazilian singer (d. 2022)^[28]
• 1945  - Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
• 1946  - Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005)^[29]
• 1946  - John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
• 1946  - Mary Beth Hurt, American actress
• 1946  - Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
• 1946  - Louise Simonson, American author
• 1946  - Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister^[30]
• 1947  - Lucius Allen, American basketball player^[31]
• 1947  - Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
• 1947  - Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
• 1947  - Dick Roth, American swimmer
• 1948  - Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2022)^[32]
• 1948  - Vladimír Remek, Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot^[33]
• 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 (d. 2020)
• 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
• 1955  - Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter
• 1956  - Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer
• 1956  - Linda Hamilton, American actress^[34]
• 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 (d. 2020)
• 1961  - Jeanie Buss, American sports executive^[35]
• 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  - Jonas Bergqvist, Swedish ice hockey player^[36]
• 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  - Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
• 1965  - Radisav Ćurčić, Serbian-Israeli basketball player^[37]
• 1965  - Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine
• 1966  - Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and sportscaster
• 1966  - Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
• 1966  - Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey
• 1966  - Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
• 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
• 1968  - Ben Shenkman, 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 racer
• 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^[38]
• 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
• 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^[39]
• 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 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, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1981  - Yao Beina, Chinese singer (d. 2015)
• 1981  - Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1981  - Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
• 1981  - Serena Williams, American tennis player^[40]
• 1982  - Rob Burrow, English rugby player (d. 2024)^[41]
• 1982  - Simon Picone, Italian rugby player
• 1982  - Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentinian footballer
• 1982  - John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983  - Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer
• 1983  - Zoe Perry, American actress
• 1983  - Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
• 1984  - Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer
• 1985  - Talulah Riley, English actress
• 1985  - Greg Stiemsma, American basketball player^[42]
• 1986  - Sean Doolittle, American baseball player^[43]
• 1987  - Cyril Gautier, French road bicycle racer
• 1987  - Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1987  - Vladimir Niculescu, Romanian footballer
• 1988  - Chris Archer, American baseball player^[44]
• 1988  - James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988  - Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
• 1988  - Buddy Matthews, Australian wrestler^[45]
• 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^[46]
• 1996  - Jessika Ponchet, French tennis player^{[47] [48]}
• 2000  - Frankie Amaya, American soccer player^[49]
• 2000  - Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
• 2001  - Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player^[50]

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 800  - Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg
• 862  - Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, 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)

1601–1900

• 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)
• 1825  - José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (b. 1779)^[51]
• 1846  - Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (b. 1760)^[52]
• 1868  - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877  - Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)

1901–present

• 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)^[53]
• 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)
• 1961  - Charles Erwin Wilson, American politician, 5th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1890)^[54]
• 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. 1928)
• 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, Croatian and 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)
• 1997  - Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)^[55]
• 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)
• 2002  - Nils Bohlin, Swedish engineer, invented three-point safety belt (b. 1920)^[56]
• 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)
• 2016  - Toughie, last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h.)^[57]
• 2019  - Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France (b. 1932)^[58]
• 2024  - John Ashton, American actor (b. 1948)^[59]

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast days:
  • Canadian Martyrs (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)^[60]
• International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons^[61]
• Petrov day^[62]
• Revolution Day (Yemen)

External links

• Web site: On This Day . BBC.
  • Web site: Historical Events on September 26 . OnThisDay.com.

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