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History Events on September 26

By  Juanita Lynn  26 Sep   106 Views

History Events on September 26

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Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.

#Australia_II

In 1983

Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.

#Francis_Drake

In 1580

Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.

#Yves_Rossy

In 2008

The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.

#MV_Le_Joola

In 2002

Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.

#Second_Battle_of_Seoul

In 1950

Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".

#The_Holocaust

In 1942

Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.

#Swadeshabhimani_Ramakrishna_Pillai

In 1910

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

#Nolan_Ryan

In 1981

A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.

#Garuda_Indonesia_Flight_152

In 1997

The ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is launched.

#RMS_Queen_Mary

In 1934

Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.

#Battle_of_Warns

In 1345

Serbian-Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.

#Battle_of_Maritsa

In 1371

The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.

#MS_Express_Samina

In 2000

George Washington appoints the first cabinet of the United States government.

#George_Washington

In 1789

The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.

#Occupation_of_the_Ruhr

In 1923

The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the P?emyslid dynasty.

#Golden_Bull_of_Sicily

In 1212

Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends

#Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom

In 1953

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

#William_II_of_England

In 1087

Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.

#Stanislav_Petrov

In 1983

Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.

#Typhoon_Ketsana

In 2009

American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.

#Philadelphia_campaign

In 1777

World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.

#Battle_of_Polygon_Wood

In 1917

Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.

#Concorde

In 1973

The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.

#Glorious_Revolution

In 1688

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

#Dudum_siquidem

In 1493

Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

#Anti-globalization_protests_in_Prague

In 2000

War of the 2nd Coalition: Franco-Swiss troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.

#Second_Battle_of_Zurich

In 1799

Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

#Temple_of_Venus_Genetrix

In 46 BC

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.

#Typhoon_Vera

In 1959

Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.

#Annus_Mirabilis_papers

In 1905

As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

#Machine_Gun_Kelly

In 1933

An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

#1997_Umbria_and_Marche_earthquake

In 1997

The Japanese rail ferry T?ya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

#T?ya_Maru

In 1954

A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

In 2014

The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.

In 2005

The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.

In 1984

At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.

In 1980

Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.

In 1969

In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

In 1960

World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.

In 1918

The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

In 1914

Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.

In 1907

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

In 1810

Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.

In 1792

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.

In 1687

Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.

In 715

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