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===Pre-1600=== *46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome|last = Richardson|first = Lawrence|publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press|year = 1992|isbn = 0801843006|location = Baltimore|pages = [https://archive.org/details/newtopographical0000rich/page/166 166–167]|url = https://archive.org/details/newtopographical0000rich/page/166}}</ref> * 715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne. *1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100. * 1142 – Stephen of Blois's army approached Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Poole |first1=A. L. |title=Henry Plantagenet's Early Visits to England |journal=The English Historical Review |date=1932 |volume=47 |page=448 |doi=10.1093/ehr/XLVII.CLXXXVII.447 |oclc=754650998|quote=and the date at which the siege was begun is definitely known from William of Malmesbury, 26 September 1142.}}</ref> *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.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-century France |last= Walsby|first= Malcolm |year= 2007 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |location= Aldershot|isbn= 9780754658115}}</ref> *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 Revolutionary War: British troops capture and begin the occupation of Philadelphia, which had been serving as the American capital city, during the Philadelphia campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Philadelphia Campaign of 1777|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/philadelphia-campaign-1777.htm|publisher=National Park Service|website=nps.gov|access-date=September 26, 2025}}</ref> *1789 – George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.<ref>{{cite book|author=George Washington|title=The Writings of George Washington: Part fifth: comprising speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOip62Ta_WgC&pg=PA432|year=1837|publisher=American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell|pages=432}}</ref> *1799 – War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.<ref>{{cite book|title=The United Service|url=https://archive.org/details/unitedservice07unkngoog|year=1904|publisher=L.R. Hamersly & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/unitedservice07unkngoog/page/n8 685]}}</ref> *1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Rae Wilson|title=Travels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, Germany, Netherlands, &c|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eZdYl28maMC&pg=RA1-PA5|year=1826|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green|pages=1}}</ref>
===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.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Winerman|first1=Marc|title=The Origins of the FTC: Concentration, Cooperation, Control, and Competition|journal=Antitrust Law Journal|date=2003|volume=71|pages=1–97|url=https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/federal-trade-commission-history/origins.pdf|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref> *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. *1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeats the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.<ref>{{cite book |last=Darch|first=Colin|chapter=The Long March West and the Battle at Peregonovka|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921|year=2020|location=London|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781786805263|oclc=1225942343|pages=72–90}}</ref> *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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Preston|first=Paul|title=The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution & revenge|publisher=Harper Perennial|location=London|year=2006|pages=253–254}}</ref> *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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Beechcraft D18S N500L, 26 Sep 1978 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4067 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *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.<ref name="americaspace">{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Ben |date=September 28, 2013 |title='We Were Swearing!' Thirty Years Since Russia's Brush With Disaster |url=http://www.americaspace.com/?p=42882 |access-date=2014-01-24}}</ref> *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.<ref name="BAAA">{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Vanavara: 28 killed |url=http://www.baaa-acro.com/1994/archives/crash-of-a-yakovlev-yak-40-in-vanavara-28-killed/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421093920/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1994/archives/crash-of-a-yakovlev-yak-40-in-vanavara-28-killed/ |archive-date=2017-04-21 |access-date=2017-04-20 |website=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives}}</ref> *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 {{MS|Express Samina}} sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers. *2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, {{MV|Le Joola}}, 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 occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.<ref name='44 people injured in bomb explosion in La Salle, Manila'>{{cite news | title = 44 people injured in bomb explosion in La Salle, Manila | url = http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20100928met1.html | newspaper = The Daily Tribune | location = Manila | date = 2010-09-28 | accessdate = 2011-06-02 | author = Pat C. Santos}}</ref> *2014 – A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35539727}}</ref> *2022 – A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.<ref name=Ведомости>{{cite news |title=Число погибших из-за стрельбы в ижевской школе увеличилось до 18 |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/society/news/2022/11/08/949352-chislo-pogibshih-iz-za-strelbi-izhevskoi-shkole-uvelichilos-18 |access-date=26 September 2024 |work=Ведомости |date=8 November 2022 |language=ru}}</ref> *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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NCEI.Monitoring.Info@noaa.gov |title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov |language=en}}</ref>
==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * 932 – Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Arab caliph (died 975) *1329 – Anne of Bavaria, German queen consort (died 1353)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd136828701.html#ndbcontent|title=Anna|website=Deutsche Biographie|author=Thilo Vogelsang|access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> *1406 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (died 1430) *1462 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves (died 1506)<ref>{{Cite ADB|4|330|330|Engelbert von Cleve|Karl Leopold Strauven|ADB:Engelbert von Cleve}}</ref> *1526 – Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1569)
===1601–1900=== *1637 – Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (died 1714)<ref>{{cite book|author=Georges Duplessis|title=The Wonders of Engraving|url=https://archive.org/details/wondersengravin00duplgoog|year=1871|publisher=S. Low, son, and Marston|pages=[https://archive.org/details/wondersengravin00duplgoog/page/n263 255]}}</ref> *1641 – Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist (died 1712) *1651 – Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, Philadelphia (died 1720)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Penn Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T75OAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2|year=1872|publisher=University Press Company|pages=2}}</ref> *1660 – George William, Duke of Liegnitz (died 1675) *1698 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (died 1755)<ref>{{cite book|author=Barak Longmate|title=Stockdale's Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8zMwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA24|year=1810|publisher=J. Stockdale|pages=24}}</ref> *1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (died 1779) *1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (died 1810) *1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (died 1820) *1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1835) *1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (died 1845) *1783 – Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (died 1858) *1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (died 1824) *1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (died 1842) *1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (died 1891) *1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (died 1923) *1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (died 1912) *1848 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1931) *1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)<ref name="SaariAllison1996">{{cite book|author1=Peggy Saari|author2=Stephen Allison|author3=Marie C. Ellavich|title=Scientists: P–Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hC8UAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=U-X-L|isbn=9780787609627|page=7467}}</ref> *1856 – Anna Paaske, Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (died 1935)<ref>{{cite news|title=70 aar. Sangerinnen fru Anna Paaske |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d337ba0c7ca1e59ac04d00aaea09133b?page=1|work=Haugesunds Dagblad|date=24 September 1926|location=Haugesund|page=2|language=no}}</ref> *1865 – Archibald Butt, United States Army Officer (died 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Archibald Willingham Butt |url=https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/archibald-butt.html |website=Archibald Willingham Butt |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> * 1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 1937) *1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935) *1870 – Christian X of Denmark (died 1947)<ref>{{cite book|title=The American Whitaker Almanac and Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1QwAAAAIAAJ|year=1915|page=471}}</ref> *1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (died 1945) *1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (died 1940) *1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (died 1940) * 1874 – Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Raj of Sarawak (died 1963)<ref>{{acad|id=BRK894CV|name=Brooke, Charles Vyner}}</ref> *1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor (died 1959)<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfEpAQAAMAAJ|year=1943|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|page=263}}</ref> *1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book |first1=James |last1=Cicarelli |first2=Julianne |last2=Cicarelli |title=Distinguished Women Economists |location=Westport |publisher=Greenwood |year=2003 |page=1 |isbn=978-0-31330-331-9}}</ref> * 1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (died 1952) *1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (died 1963) * 1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1962) * 1877 – Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (died 1958) *1878 – Walter Steinbeck, German actor (died 1942) *1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1951) *1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977) *1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (died 1958) * 1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (died 1967) * 1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (died 1979) *1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (died 1964) * 1888 – T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965) *1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (died 1946) * 1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (died 1976) *1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (died 1959) *1891 – William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (died 1985) * 1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (died 1968) * 1891 – Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1953) *1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (died 1970) *1894 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (died 1929) * 1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German general (died 1952) *1897 – Pope Paul VI (died 1978) * 1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1917) *1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (died 1937) *1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (died 1983)
===1901–present=== *1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1980) * 1901 – Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (died 1963) *1902 – Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mobster (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Michael Newton (author)|last=Newton|first=Michael|title=Boss of Murder, Inc.: The Criminal Life of Albert Anastasia|date=March 23, 2020|pages=3–4}}</ref> *1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2011) * 1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (died 1996) *1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (died 1983) * 1907 – Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (died 1984) * 1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (died 1992) *1909 – Bill France Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (died 1992) * 1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1977) *1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (died 1975) *1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (died 1998) *1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (died 2009) * 1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (died 2011) *1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1976) * 1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (died 1993) *1918 – Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (died 2000) *1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (died 1980) * 1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (died 2012) *1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (died 1985) * 1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (died 2014) *1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011) * 1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (died 2015) * 1923 – James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat (died 2024) *1924 – Jean Hoerni, Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (died 1997) *1925 – Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012) * 1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (died 1982) *1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (died 2000) * 1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (died 2011) *1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (died 2007) * 1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (died 1994) * 1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (died 2010) *1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor (died 2019) * 1928 – Wilford White, American football player (died 2013) *1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor (died 2018) * 1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author (died 2020) *1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (died 2008) *1932 – Donna Douglas, American actress (died 2015)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 26: Serena Williams, James Blake |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-26-Serena-Williams-James-Blake/6901664047279/#:~:text=26%3A%20Serena%20Williams%2C%20James%20Blake%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=UPI |access-date=25 September 2023 |date=26 September 2022}}</ref> * 1932 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (died 1987) * 1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Manmohan Singh, India's reluctant prime minister, dies aged 92 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/manmohan-singh-indias-reluctant-prime-minister-dies-aged-92-2024-12-26/ |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=Reuters |date=26 December 2024}}</ref> * 1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet (died 2018) *1934 – Neil Coles, English golfer and architect *1935 – Bob Barber, English cricketer * 1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (died 2013) * 1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (died 2007) *1936 – Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter (died 2010) * 1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (died 2018)<ref name="UPI" /> *1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 2003) * 1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" /> *1938 – Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator (died 2021) * 1938 – Jonathan Goldsmith, American actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/79109/|title=Dos Equis' pitchman is Jewish actor living in Marina del Rey – Hollywood Jew|work=Jewish Journal|date=4 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Most Interesting (Actor) in the World|author=David Savona|magazine=Cigar Aficionado|volume=18|issue=6|date=October 2010|page= |pages=162–168|url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/15578/p/1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109133729/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/15578/p/1/|archive-date=November 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (died 2010) *1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|author=Ricky Tomlinson|title=Ricky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esZbYYAvjfcC&pg=PT10|date= 2008|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-0-7481-0914-2|pages=10}}</ref> *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<ref name="AP" /> *1942 – Kent McCord, American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1942 – Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (died 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<ref name="AP" /> *1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician * 1945 – Gal Costa, Brazilian singer (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dicionariompb.com.br/gal-costa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811121419/http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/gal-costa|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2011|title=Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira}}</ref> * 1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (died 2005)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article380289.ece|title=Obituary|work=The Times|date=April 13, 2005|access-date=July 18, 2009|location=London}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> * 1946 – John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer * 1946 – Mary Beth Hurt, American actress (died 2026)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Anna |date=March 31, 2026 |title=Mary Beth Hurt, 'Interiors' actress, dies at 79 from Alzheimer's |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/03/31/mary-beth-hurt-dead-death-movies/89402224007/ |access-date=April 9, 2026 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="AP" /> * 1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician * 1946 – Louise Simonson, American author * 1946 – Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catcher.sandiego.edu/items/peacestudies/Claudette-Werleigh-Haiti.pdf|title=Building Bridges, Building Peace: The Life and Work of Claudette Werleigh of Haiti|last=Das|first=Bijoyeta|website=University of San Diego|page=15}}</ref> *1947 – Lucius Allen, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucius Allen |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76027/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (died 2015)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor * 1947 – Dick Roth, American swimmer *1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Olivia Newton-John |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40105353 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 August 2022 |date=8 August 2022}}</ref> * 1948 – Vladimír Remek, Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=13}}</ref> *1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager * 1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (died 2013) * 1949 – Jane Smiley, American novelist<ref name="UPI" /> * 1949 – Minette Walters, English journalist and author *1950 – Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player (died 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<ref name="AP" /> *1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer * 1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 26, 2022 includes celebrities Serena Williams, Linda Hamilton |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-26-2022-includes-celebrities-serena-williams-linda-hamilton.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=25 September 2023 |date=26 September 2022}}</ref> *1957 – Bob Staake, American author and illustrator * 1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager * 1957 – Michael Dweck, American photographer and director * 1957 – Oscar Andrade, Brazilian politician (died 2026)<ref>{{cite news |date=18 April 2026|title=Acidente de moto tira a vida do ex-deputado Oscar Andrade em Brasília|url=https://rondonoticias.com.br/noticia/capital/154997/acidente-de-moto-tira-a-vida-do-ex-deputado-oscar-andrade-em-brasilia|work=Rondonoticias|language=pt |access-date=20 April 2026}}</ref> *1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist * 1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (died 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 (died 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 (died 2020) *1961 – Jeanie Buss, American sports executive<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buss|first1=Jeanie|last2=Springer|first2=Steve|title=Laker Girl|page=24|year=2010|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=9781600785115}}</ref> * 1961 – Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician * 1961 – Will Self, English novelist and journalist<ref name="UPI" /> *1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1962 – Jonas Bergqvist, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonas Bergqvist |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jonas-bergqvist-8445436 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 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<ref name="AP" /> * 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curcira01.html|title=Radisav Ćurčić Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1965 – Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine *1966 – Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and sportscaster<ref name="AP" /> * 1966 – Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer * 1966 – Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey * 1966 – Craig Heyward, American football player (died 2006) *1967 – Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager * 1967 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995) * 1967 – Craig Janney, American ice hockey player *1968 – Jim Caviezel, American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – Ben Shenkman, American actor<ref name="AP" /> *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 (died 2013) *1972 – Ras Kass, American rapper and producer * 1972 – Beto O'Rourke, American politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000170|title=Bioguide Search|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref> * 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<ref name="AP" /> * 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 – Chris Kunitz, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Kunitz |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/chris-kunitz-8470543 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 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 (died 2015) * 1981 – Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress * 1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Serena Williams – Olympic Tennis {{!}} United States of America |url=https://www.olympic.org/serena-williams#:~:text=With%20four%20Olympic%20gold%20medals,tennis%20player%20of%20all%20time. |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=28 June 2020 |language=en |date=17 December 2018}}</ref> *1982 – Rob Burrow, English rugby player (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news|work=The Guardian|date=2 June 2024|access-date=3 June 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/02/rob-burrow-leeds-scrum-half-dies-41-mnd-rugby-league|title=Rob Burrow, former Leeds scrum-half, dies at 41, years after MND diagnosis|first=Aaron|last=Bower}}</ref> * 1982 – John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player * 1982 – Sun Li, Chinese actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=孙俪生日还有后续！继"送屁"之后，活宝邓超再送老婆8小时睡眠_微博|url=http://www.sohu.com/a/420977864_388887|access-date=3 December 2024|website=www.sohu.com|language=en}}</ref> * 1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer *1984 – Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer<ref name="UPI" /> *1985 – Talulah Riley, English actress<ref name="AP" /> *1986 – Sean Doolittle, American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/sean-doolittle-448281|title=Major League Baseball official website|website=MLB.com }}</ref> * 1987 – Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter *1988 – Chris Archer, American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Archer |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chris-archer-502042 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1988 – Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater * 1988 – Buddy Matthews, Australian wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Buddy Murphy |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/23120394/wwe-profile-page-buddy-murphy |publisher=ESPN |access-date=25 September 2023 |date=23 January 2020}}</ref> *1989 – Jonny Bairstow, English cricketer * 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 – Jack Conger, American swimmer *1995 – Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer *2000 – Frankie Amaya, American soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Frankie Amaya |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/frankie-amaya/ |website=Major League Soccer |access-date=23 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 2000 – Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess *2001 – Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326376/xinyu-wang|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Xinyu Wang|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> *2003 – Jane Remover, American musician<ref>{{AllMusic |id=jane-remover-mn0004285939 |title=Jane Remover |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>
==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * 800 – Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg * 862 – Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, Muslim military leader (born c. 790) *1241 – Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet *1290 – Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (born 1283) *1313 – Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet *1327 – Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (born 1257) *1328 – Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (born 1263) *1345 – William II, Count of Hainaut *1371 – Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot *1413 – Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (born 1337) *1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (born 1360) *1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (born 1388) *1536 – Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller *1588 – Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey (born 1532) *1600 – Claude Le Jeune, French composer (born 1530)
===1601–1900=== *1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (born 1582) *1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (born 1540) *1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1554) *1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (born 1666) *1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (born 1676) *1800 – William Billings, American composer and educator (born 1746) *1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (born 1754) *1820 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (born 1734) *1825 – José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (born 1779)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basadre |first=Jorge |year=2005 |orig-year=First published 1939 |title=Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933) |volume=1 |page=98 |edition=9th |language=es |trans-title=History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933) |location=Lima |publisher=El Comercio |isbn=978-612-306-354-2}}</ref> *1830 – Teresa Casati, Italian noblewomen and revolutionary (born 1787)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Re |first1=Luigi |title=Una martire del risorgimento : Teresa Casati-Confalonieri |date=1906 |publisher=F. Apollonio |url=https://archive.org/details/unamartiredelri00regoog |language=it |trans-title=A martyr of the Risorgimento: Teresa Casati-Confalonieri|oclc=903521510|hdl=2027/hvd.32044024230757|hdl-access=free}}</ref> *1846 – Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (born 1760)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – History – Thomas Clarkson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/clarkson_thomas.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> *1847 – John Oliver Curran, Irish physician (born 1819)<ref name="Andrews 2009">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Andrews|first=Helen|title=Curran, John Oliver|encyclopedia=Dictionary of Irish Biography|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|date=October 2009|doi=10.3318/dib.002319.v1|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/curran-john-oliver-a2319|access-date=2026-05-20}}</ref> *1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1790) *1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (born 1809)
===1901–present=== *1902 – Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (born 1829) *1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (born 1850) * 1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1848) *1922 – Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (born 1863) *1935 – Andy Adams, American author (born 1859) * 1935 – Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (born 1861) *1937 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (born 1894) *1943 – Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/compagnons/henri-fertet |title=Henri Fertet |website=Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération |language=fr |access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> *1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1881) *1946 – William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (born 1869) *1947 – Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (born 1886) *1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (born 1885) *1952 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1863) *1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (born 1895) *1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (born 1868) *1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (born 1902) *1959 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1899) * 1959 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general (born 1889) * 1959 – Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (born 1878) *1961 – Charles Erwin Wilson, American politician, 5th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1890)<ref name="Historical Office Charles E. Wilson">{{cite web |url=https://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571268/charles-e-wilson/ |title=Charles E. Wilson – Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration |work=Office of the Secretary of Defense – Historical Office |access-date=2025-04-09 |archive-date=2021-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227093009/https://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571268/charles-e-wilson/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (born 1898) *1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (born 1902) * 1968 – Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (born 1915) * 1968 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (born 1918) *1972 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (born 1890) *1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (born 1891) * 1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (born 1928) * 1973 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (born 1908) *1976 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887) *1977 – Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1900) *1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886) *1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (born 1910) *1982 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (born 1902) *1984 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (born 1948) * 1984 – John Facenda, American sportscaster (born 1913) *1987 – Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1928) * 1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (born 1912) *1988 – Branko Zebec, Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (born 1929) *1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1920) *1990 – Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer (born 1932) * 1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (born 1907) *1991 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (born 1919) *1995 – Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (born 1931) *1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (born 1951) *1997 – Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Dorothy Kingsley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-dorothy-kingsley-1233896.html |website=The Independent |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en |date=23 October 2011}}</ref> *1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (born 1930) *1999 – Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (born 1908) *2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (born 1932) * 2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937) *2002 – Nils Bohlin, Swedish engineer, invented three-point safety belt (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web | title=Inventor of three-point seat belt dies | work=Deathwatch | url=http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html | accessdate=August 1, 2005 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051110014724/http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html | archivedate=November 10, 2005 }}</ref> *2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1963) * 2003 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (born 1949) *2004 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (born 1969) *2005 – Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (born 1934) *2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (born 1912) * 2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1916) *2007 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (born 1929) *2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942) * 2008 – Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925) *2010 – Terry Newton, English rugby player (born 1978) * 2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (born 1910) *2011 – Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (born 1949) *2012 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (born 1933) * 2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (born 1927) * 2012 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (born 1930) * 2012 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (born 1929) *2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (born 1944) * 2013 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (born 1922) * 2013 – Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935) * 2013 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (born 1929) *2014 – Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (born 1938) * 2014 – Sam Hall, American screenwriter (born 1921) * 2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (born 1932) * 2014 – Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (born 1946) *2015 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (born 1928) * 2015 – Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924) * 2015 – Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927) *2016 – Toughie, last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h. {{floruit|2005}})<ref>{{cite news |last=Daley |first=Jason |date=October 4, 2016 |title=Adiós, Toughie: The Last Known Rabb's Fringe-Limbed Tree Frog Dies in Atlanta |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adios-toughie-last-rabbs-fringe-limbed-tree-frog-dies-atlanta-180960671/ |work=Smithsonian |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023 |quote=Since his discovery in 2005, Toughie the frog has been the face of amphibian extinction}}</ref> *2019 – Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13299221?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0g3wt/obituaries&link_location=live-reporting-story|title=Chirac: A life in French politics|website=BBC News |date =2019-09-26|access-date =2019-10-06}}</ref> *2024 – John Ashton, American actor (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|title='Beverly Hills Cop' Actor John Ashton Dead at 76|url=https://www.tmz.com/2024/09/29/beverly-hills-cop-john-ashton-dead/|website=TMZ|date=September 29, 2024}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances== * Christian feast days: ** Canadian Martyrs (Catholic Church in Canada) ** Cosmas and Damian<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |page=539-540 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/528/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> ** John of Meda ** Nilus the Younger<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Thérèse Couderc<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Wilson Carlile (Anglican) ** September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Day of the National Flag (Ecuador) * Dominion Day (New Zealand) * European Day of Languages (European Union)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – Languages – Event – The European Day of Languages, 26th September |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/edl/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926073316/http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/edl/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2009 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons<ref>{{cite web |title=International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons|url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/nuclear-weapons-elimination-day |website=United Nations |access-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926153256/https://www.un.org/en/observances/nuclear-weapons-elimination-day |archive-date=26 September 2023}}</ref> * Petrov day<ref>{{Cite journal |title=LW Petrov Day 2022 (Monday, 9/26) – LessWrong |url=https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KTEciTeFwL2tTujZk/lw-petrov-day-2022-monday-9-26 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=www.lesswrong.com |date=22 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * Revolution Day (Yemen)
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