# What happened on September 26 in history?

**Date:** September 26  
**Events recorded:** 48  
**Years spanned:** 46 BC – 2024  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/september/26/

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## Featured Event

**2014** — A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguala_mass_kidnapping)

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## Events on this date

- **46 BC** — Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar))
- **715** — Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Compi%C3%A8gne))
- **1087** — William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_England))
- **1142** — Stephen of Blois's army approached Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%2C_King_of_England))
- **1212** — The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Bull_of_Sicily))
- **1345** — Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Staveren))
- **1371** — Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maritsa))
- **1423** — Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years'_War))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudum_siquidem))
- **1580** — Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morean_War))
- **1688** — The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution))
- **1777** — American Revolutionary War: British troops capture and begin the occupation of Philadelphia, which had been serving as the American capital city, during the Philadelphia campaign. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War))
- **1789** — George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington))
- **1799** — War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Second_Coalition))
- **1810** — A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Act_of_Succession))
- **1905** — Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein))
- **1907** — Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Imperial_Conference))
- **1914** — The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission))
- **1917** — World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1918** — World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse%E2%80%93Argonne_offensive))
- **1919** — Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeats the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence))
- **1923** — The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly_(gangster)))
- **1936** — Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War))
- **1942** — Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust))
- **1950** — Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War))
- **1953** — Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom))
- **1954** — The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dya_Maru))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Vera))
- **1960** — In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_debates))
- **1978** — Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Caribbean_Flight_309))
- **1980** — A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest_bombing))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_7K-ST_No.16L))
- **1984** — The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong))
- **1992** — A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force))
- **1994** — A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-40))
- **1997** — A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia))
- **1997** — An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Umbria_and_Marche_earthquakes))
- **2000** — Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Prague_anti-globalization_protests))
- **2000** — The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Express_Samina))
- **2002** — The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Le_Joola))
- **2009** — Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Ketsana))
- **2010** — The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Philippine_Bar_exam_bombing))
- **2014** — A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguala_mass_kidnapping))
- **2022** — A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhevsk_school_shooting))
- **2024** — Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, killing over 250 people, causing US$78.7 billion in damage and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Helene))

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## Notable births on September 26

- **2003** — **Jane Remover** — American musician ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Remover))
- **2001** — **Xinyu Wang** — Chinese tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xinyu))
- **2000** — **Frankie Amaya** — American soccer player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Amaya))
- **2000** — **Princess Salma bint Abdullah** — Jordanian princess ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Salma_bint_Abdullah))
- **1995** — **Miloš Veljković** — Serbian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Veljkovi%C4%87))
- **1994** — **Jack Conger** — American swimmer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conger))
- **1993** — **Michael Kidd-Gilchrist** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kidd-Gilchrist))
- **1992** — **Yoo Ara** — South Korean singer and actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_Ara))
- **1991** — **Alma Jodorowsky** — French actress, fashion model and singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Jodorowsky))
- **1991** — **Dan Preston** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Preston))

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## Notable deaths on September 26

- **2024** — **John Ashton** — American actor (born 1948) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashton_(actor)))
- **2019** — **Jacques Chirac** — French politician, President of France (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Chirac))
- **2016** — **Toughie** — last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h. fl. 2005) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toughie_(frog)))
- **2015** — **Eudóxia Maria Froehlich** — Brazilian zoologist (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eud%C3%B3xia_Maria_Froehlich))
- **2015** — **Sidney Phillips** — American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Phillips))
- **2015** — **Ana Seneviratne** — Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Seneviratne))
- **2014** — **Jim Boeke** — American football player and coach (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Boeke))
- **2014** — **Sam Hall** — American screenwriter (born 1921) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hall_(writer)))
- **2014** — **Gerald Neugebauer** — American astronomer and physicist (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Neugebauer))
- **2014** — **Tamir Sapir** — Georgian-American businessman (born 1946) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamir_Sapir))

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