What are the important events that happened on September 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 26: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 26 is the 270^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 13, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,727,308,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 125 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,297 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 26 Historical Events

• 1777 –
  British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
• 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.
• 1907 –
  New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
• 1917 –
  World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• 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”.
• 1960 –
  In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
• 1973 –
  Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
• 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.
• 2001 –
  Polish Wikipedia was started.

Who were born on September 26?

• 1905 –
  Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1925 –
  Marty Robbins, American singer (d. 1982)
• 1945 –
  Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
• 1949 –
  Marie Tifo, Canadian actress
• 1949 –
  Minette Walters, English novelist
• 1964 –
  John Tempesta, American drummer (White Zombie, Helmet, Testament)
• 1974 –
  Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
• 1979 –
  Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
• 1980 –
  Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1980 –
  Jane Darling, Czech porn model/actress

Who died on September 26?

• 1716 –
  Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
• 1820 –
  Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (b. 1734)
• 1868 –
  August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1904 –
  Lafcadio Hearn, Greek writer (b. 1850)
• 1945 –
  Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881)
• 1951 –
  Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)
• 1968 –
  Lipman Heilprin, Israeli physician and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1902)
• 1973 –
  Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908)
• 2000 –
  Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2008 –
  Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)