About September 26
September 26, 2022 is the 269th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Libra is the sun 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 118 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 26
- 715 –Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
- 1212 –Golden Bull of Sicily is certified as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
- 1580 –Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
- 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.
- 1810 –A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
- 1907 –New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
- 1914 –The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1934 –Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
- 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”.
- 1944 –World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.
- 1950 –United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 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.
- 1970 –The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acre.
- 1983 –Australia II wins the America’s Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history.
- 1997 –An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
- 2002 –The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of The Gambia killing more than 1,000.
- 2008 –Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
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