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 269th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 13, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,568 hours 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 ‘dihectahexacontaenneagon’ day.
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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 144 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 4,662 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 26 Historical Events
- 715 –Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
- 1687 –The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange’s invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- 1777 –British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
- 1783 –The first battle of Shays’ Rebellion begins.
- 1914 –The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1917 –World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- 1918 –World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
- 1934 –Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
- 1950 –United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 2001 –Polish Wikipedia was started.
Who were born on September 26?
- 1843 –Joseph Furphy, Australian novelist (as “Tom Collins”; d. 1912)
- 1892 –Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (d. 1970)
- 1914 –Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert (d. 2011)
- 1918 –John Zacherle, American television host
- 1956 –Linda Hamilton, American actress
- 1972 –Melanie Paxson, American actress
- 1980 –Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver
- 1981 –Christina Milian, American actress and singer
- 1982 –Simon Picone, Italian rugby player
- 1985 –Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
Who died on September 26?
- 1468 –Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
- 1877 –Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
- 1965 –James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
- 1968 –Daniel Johnson, Sr., French-Canadian politician (b. 1915)
- 1973 –Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908)
- 1978 –Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
- 1983 –Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)
- 1990 –Alberto Moravia, Italian author (b. 1907)
- 1999 –Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
- 2011 –Bob Cassilly, American Artist and Founder of the St. Louis City Museum (b. 1949)
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