September 26 facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

This page tells you about important things that happened on September 26th throughout history. You'll learn about big events, famous people who were born, and notable people who passed away on this day.

Major Events in History
Famous Births on This Day
Notable Deaths on This Day
Holidays and Special Days
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Major Events in History

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

46 BC – The famous Roman leader Julius Caesar dedicated a special temple to the goddess Venus Genetrix. He had promised to do this during a big battle.
715 – In a battle at Compiègne, a leader named Ragenfrid won against Theudoald.
1087 – William II became the King of England. He ruled for many years, until 1100.
1212 – A special document called the Golden Bull of Sicily was created. It officially made sure that the Přemyslid family would always be the kings of Bohemia.
1345 – During the Friso-Hollandic Wars, the Frisians won a battle against Holland at Warns.
1371 – In the Serbian–Turkish wars, the Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army in the Battle of Maritsa.
1423 – During the Hundred Years' War, a French army defeated the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.
1493 – Pope Alexander VI issued a special order called Dudum siquidem. This order gave more new lands to the Spanish, adding to what he had given them before.
1580 – The famous explorer Francis Drake completed his journey around the world, arriving back in Plymouth, England.

From the 1600s to the 1900s

1687 – During a war, the Parthenon in Athens was partly destroyed. It was being used to store gunpowder by the Ottoman army when Venetian forces attacked it.
1688 – The city of Amsterdam decided to support William of Orange's plan to invade England. This event later became known as the Glorious Revolution.
1777 – In the American Revolution, British soldiers took control of the city of Philadelphia.
1789 – George Washington, the first President of the United States, chose Thomas Jefferson to be the very first Secretary of State.
1799 – During the War of the 2nd Coalition, French troops defeated Austro-Russian forces. This led to the end of a military campaign by Suvorov.
1810 – Sweden adopted a new law about who would become king or queen. Because of this, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte became the next in line to the Swedish throne.

Modern Era: 1900s to Today

1905 – The famous scientist Albert Einstein published one of his most important papers. In it, he introduced his special theory of relativity, which changed how we understand space and time.
1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland, which were British colonies, were given a higher status and became "dominions" within the British Empire.
1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission was created. This government agency helps protect consumers and prevent unfair business practices.
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood began.
1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive started. This was a very important battle that continued until German forces completely surrendered.
1923 – The German government agreed to the occupation of the Ruhr region by French and Belgian troops.
1933 – When gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrendered to the FBI, he famously yelled, "Don't shoot, G-Men!" This phrase then became a popular nickname for FBI agents.
1934 – The large ocean liner RMS Queen Mary was officially launched.
1950 – Korean War: United Nations troops successfully took back the city of Seoul from North Korean forces.
1953 – In the United Kingdom, the rationing of sugar, which had been in place since World War II, finally ended.
1954 – The Japanese ferry Tōya Maru sank during a typhoon in Japan, sadly killing 1,172 people.
1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon ever recorded to hit Japan, caused huge damage. It killed 4,580 people and left almost 1.6 million people without homes.
1960 – In Chicago, the first ever televised debate between presidential candidates took place. Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy debated on TV.
1969 – Abbey Road, the very last album recorded by the famous band The Beatles, was released.
1973 – The Concorde airplane made its first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, setting a new speed record.
1980 – A terror attack at the Oktoberfest terror attack festival in Munich resulted in 13 deaths and 211 injuries.
1981 – Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan set a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter game.
1983 – A Soviet Air Force officer named Stanislav Petrov prevented a potential nuclear war. He correctly identified a report of incoming nuclear missiles as a computer error and not an actual attack.
1983 – The yacht Australia II won the America's Cup sailing race. This ended the New York Yacht Club's 132-year winning streak.
1984 – The United Kingdom and China agreed that Hong Kong would be returned to China in 1997.
1992 – A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159 people.
1997 – A Garuda Indonesia plane crashed near Medan airport, killing 234 people.
1997 – An earthquake hit parts of Italy, causing a section of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsized off the coast of the Gambia, tragically killing more than 1,000 people.
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy became the first person to fly across the English Channel using a jet engine-powered wing.
2009 – Typhoon Ketsana caused widespread damage and 700 deaths across the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.

Famous Births on This Day

Born Before the 1600s

932 – Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, an Arab caliph.
1329 – Anne of Bavaria, who became a German queen.
1406 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, an English soldier and politician.
1462 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, a younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves.
1526 – Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Born Between 1601 and 1900

1637 – Sébastien Leclerc, a French painter.
1641 – Nehemiah Grew, an English scientist who studied plants.
1651 – Francis Daniel Pastorius, who helped found Germantown, Philadelphia.
1660 – George William, Duke of Liegnitz.
1698 – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire.
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, an English politician.
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, an English admiral.
1758 – Cosme Argerich, an Argentinian physician.
1767 – Wenzel Müller, an Austrian composer.
1774 – Johnny Appleseed, a famous American gardener and environmentalist.
1783 – Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, an English politician.
1791 – Théodore Géricault, a French painter.
1792 – William Hobson, an Irish-New Zealand explorer and the first Governor of New Zealand.
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an Indian philosopher and academic.
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, a Canadian lawyer and politician, and the 8th Premier of Quebec.
1843 – Joseph Furphy, an Australian author.
1848 – Henry Walters, an American art collector.
1849 – Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist and Nobel Prize winner, known for his work on conditioning.
1865 – Archibald Butt, a United States Army Officer.
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford.
1869 – Komitas, an Armenian-French priest and composer.
1870 – Christian X of Denmark.
1872 – Max Ehrmann, an American poet.
1873 – Wacław Berent, a Polish author.
1874 – Lewis Hine, an American photographer and activist.
1874 – Charles Vyner Brooke, the 3rd Raj of Sarawak.
1875 – Edmund Gwenn, an English-American actor.
1876 – Edith Abbott, an American economist and social worker.
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, an Indian poet and politician.
1877 – Ugo Cerletti, an Italian neurologist.
1877 – Alfred Cortot, a Swiss pianist.
1877 – Bertha De Vriese, a Belgian physician.
1878 – Walter Steinbeck, a German actor.
1884 – Jack Bickell, a Canadian businessman.
1886 – Archibald Hill, an English physiologist and Nobel Prize winner.
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, an English author.
1887 – Antonio Moreno, a Spanish-American actor.
1887 – Barnes Wallis, an English scientist who invented the Bouncing bomb.
1888 – J. Frank Dobie, an American journalist.
1888 – T. S. Eliot, an English poet and Nobel Prize winner.
1889 – Gordon Brewster, an Irish cartoonist.
1889 – Martin Heidegger, a German philosopher.
1890 – Jack Tresadern, an English footballer.
1891 – William McKell, an Australian politician and the 12th Governor General of Australia.
1891 – Charles Münch, a French conductor.
1891 & Hans Reichenbach, a German philosopher.
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, an American sociologist.
1894 – Gladys Brockwell, an American actress.
1895 – Jürgen Stroop, a German general.
1897 – Pope Paul VI.
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, an English pilot.
1898 – George Gershwin, a famous American pianist and composer.
1900 – Suzanne Belperron, a French jewelry designer.

Born After 1900

1901 – George Raft, an American actor.
1901 – Ted Weems, an American bandleader.
1902 – Albert Anastasia, an Italian-American mobster.
1905 – Millito Navarro, a Puerto Rican baseball player.
1905 – Karl Rappan, an Austrian footballer.
1907 – Anthony Blunt, an English historian.
1907 – Shug Fisher, an American singer and actor.
1907 – Bep van Klaveren, a Dutch boxer.
1909 – Bill France, Sr., an American race car driver who founded NASCAR.
1909 – A. P. Hamann, an American lawyer and politician.
1911 – Al Helfer, an American sportscaster.
1913 – Frank Brimsek, an American ice hockey player.
1914 – Achille Compagnoni, an Italian mountaineer.
1914 – Jack LaLanne, an American fitness expert.
1917 – Réal Caouette, a Canadian journalist and politician.
1917 – Tran Duc Thao, a Vietnamese-French philosopher.
1918 – Eric Morley, an English businessman who founded Miss World.
1919 – Barbara Britton, an American actress.
1919 – Matilde Camus, a Spanish poet.
1922 – Takis Miliadis, a Greek actor.
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia.
1923 – Dev Anand, an Indian actor and director.
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, an English judge.
1923 – James Hennessy, an English diplomat.
1924 – Jean Hoerni, a Swiss physicist and inventor.
1925 – Norm Dussault, an American-Canadian ice hockey player.
1925 – Marty Robbins, an American singer and race car driver.
1926 – Julie London, an American singer and actress.
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, an Austrian academic.
1927 – Robert Cade, an American physician who co-invented Gatorade.
1927 – Patrick O'Neal, an American actor.
1927 – Enzo Bearzot, an Italian footballer.
1928 – Bob Van der Veken, a Belgian actor.
1928 – Wilford White, an American football player.
1930 – Philip Bosco, an American actor.
1930 – Joe Brown, an English mountaineer.
1932 – Manmohan Singh, an Indian economist and the 13th Prime Minister of India.
1932 – Donna Douglas, an American actress.
1932 – Joyce Jameson, an American actress.
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, a Russian author.
1934 – Neil Coles, an English golfer.
1935 – Bob Barber, an English cricketer.
1935 – Lou Myers, an American actor.
1935 – Joe Sherlock, an Irish politician.
1936 – Leroy Drumm, an American songwriter.
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a South African politician and the 8th First Lady of South Africa.
1937 – Valentin Pavlov, a Russian politician and the 11th Premier of the Soviet Union.
1937 – Jerry Weintraub, an American film producer.
1938 – Lucette Aldous, a New Zealand-Australian ballerina.
1938 – Jonathan Goldsmith, an American actor.
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, a Norwegian journalist.
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, an English actor.
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, an Italian violinist.
1941 – Martine Beswick, a Jamaican-English actress.
1941 – David Frizzell, an American country music singer.
1942 – Kent McCord, an American actor.
1942 – Gloria E. Anzaldúa, an American scholar.
1943 – Ian Chappell, an Australian cricketer.
1943 – Tim Schenken, an Australian racing driver.
1944 – Jan Brewer, an American politician and the 22nd Governor of Arizona.
1944 – Keith O'Nions, an English geologist.
1944 – Anne Robinson, an English journalist and game show host.
1945 – Louise Beaudoin, a Canadian politician.
1945 – Gal Costa, a Brazilian singer.
1945 – Bryan Ferry, an English singer.
1946 – Andrea Dworkin, an American activist.
1946 – John MacLachlan Gray, a Canadian playwright.
1946 – Mary Beth Hurt, an American actress.
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, a Nepalese politician.
1946 – Louise Simonson, an American author.
1946 – Claudette Werleigh, a Haitian Prime Minister.
1947 – Lucius Allen, an American basketball player.
1947 – Lynn Anderson, an American singer.
1947 – Philippe Lavil, a French singer.
1947 – Dick Roth, an American swimmer.
1948 – Olivia Newton-John, an English-Australian singer and actress.
1948 – Vladimír Remek, a Czech cosmonaut and politician.
1949 – Clodoaldo, a Brazilian footballer.
1949 – Wendy Saddington, an Australian singer.
1949 – Jane Smiley, an American novelist.
1949 – Minette Walters, an English author.
1950 – Andy Haden, a New Zealand rugby player.
1951 – Tommy Taylor, an English footballer.
1951 – Stuart Tosh, a Scottish singer.
1953 – Dolores Keane, an Irish singer.
1953 – Douglas A. Melton, an American biologist.
1953 – Paul Stephenson, an English police officer.
1954 – Craig Chaquico, an American guitarist.
1954 – Kevin Kennedy, an American baseball player and manager.
1954 – Cesar Rosas, a Mexican-American singer.
1955 – Carlene Carter, an American singer.
1956 – Steve Butler, an American race car driver.
1956 – Linda Hamilton, an American actress.
1957 – Bob Staake, an American author and illustrator.
1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, a German footballer.
1957 – Michael Dweck, an American photographer.
1958 – Rudi Cerne, a German figure skater.
1958 – Darby Crash, an American singer.
1958 – Robert Kagan, a Greek-American historian.
1958 – Kenny Sansom, an English footballer.
1958 – Richard B. Weldon Jr., an American politician.
1959 – Andrew Bolt, an Australian journalist.
1959 – Trevor Dodds, a Namibian golfer.
1959 – Rich Gedman, an American baseball player.
1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev, a Russian poet.
1960 – Uwe Bein, a German footballer.
1960 – Jouke de Vries, a Dutch politician.
1960 – Doug Supernaw, an American country music singer.
1961 – Jeanie Buss, an American sports executive.
1961 – Cindy Herron, an American singer.
1961 – Marianne Mikko, an Estonian politician.
1961 – Will Self, an English novelist.
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, an American-Canadian actress.
1962 – Jonas Bergqvist, a Swedish ice hockey player.
1962 – Mark Haddon, an English author.
1962 – Steve Moneghetti, an Australian runner.
1962 – Al Pitrelli, an American guitarist.
1962 – Tracey Thorn, an English singer.
1962 – Jacky Wu, a Taiwanese television host.
1963 – Lysette Anthony, an English actress.
1963 – Joe Nemechek, an American race car driver.
1964 – Dave Martinez, an American baseball player and coach.
1965 – Radisav Ćurčić, a Serbian-Israeli basketball player.
1965 – Petro Poroshenko, a Ukrainian businessman and the 5th President of Ukraine.
1966 – Jillian Barberie, a Canadian sportscaster.
1966 – Christos Dantis, a Greek singer.
1966 – Shane Dye, a New Zealand jockey.
1966 – Craig Heyward, an American football player.
1967 – Bruno Akrapović, a Bosnian footballer.
1967 – Shannon Hoon, an American singer.
1967 & Craig Janney, an American ice hockey player.
1968 – Jim Caviezel, an American actor.
1968 – Ben Shenkman, an American actor.
1969 – Andy Petterson, an Australian footballer.
1969 – David Slade, an English director.
1969 – Holger Stanislawski, a German footballer.
1969 & Paul Warhurst, an English footballer.
1970 – Daryl Beattie, an Australian motorcycle racer.
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, an American actress.
1970 – David Parland, a Swedish guitarist.
1972 – Ras Kass, an American rapper.
1972 – Beto O'Rourke, an American politician.
1972 & Shawn Stockman, an American singer.
1973 – Marty Casey, an American singer.
1973 – Julienne Davis, an American actress.
1973 – Dr. Luke, an American record producer.
1973 – Chris Small, a Scottish snooker player.
1973 & Olga Vasdeki, a Greek triple jumper.
1974 – Boris Cepeda, a German-Ecuadorian pianist.
1974 – Gary Hall Jr., an American swimmer.
1974 & Martin Müürsepp, an Estonian basketball player.
1975 – Emma Härdelin, a Swedish singer.
1975 – Jake Paltrow, an American director.
1975 & Chiara Schoras, a German actress.
1976 – Michael Ballack, a German footballer.
1976 & Sami Vänskä, a Finnish bass player.
1977 – Kerem Özyeğen, a Turkish singer.
1977 & Aka Plu, a Japanese comedian.
1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, a Kenyan runner.
1979 – Jon Harley, an English footballer.
1979 – Simon Kirch, a German sprinter.
1979 – Chris Kunitz, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1979 – Naomichi Marufuji, a Japanese wrestler.
1979 – Fuifui Moimoi, a Tongan-New Zealand rugby player.
1979 – Cameron Mooney, an Australian footballer.
1979 – Jaycie Phelps, an American gymnast.
1979 – Taavi Rõivas, an Estonian politician and the 16th Prime Minister of Estonia.
1979 & Jacob Tierney, a Canadian actor and director.
1980 – Patrick Friesacher, an Austrian racing driver.
1980 – Brooks Orpik, an American ice hockey player.
1980 – Daniel Sedin, a Swedish ice hockey player.
1980 & Henrik Sedin, a Swedish ice hockey player.
1981 – Asuka, a Japanese professional wrestler.
1981 – Yao Beina, a Chinese singer.
1981 – Christina Milian, an American singer and actress.
1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu, a Japanese voice actress.
1981 & Serena Williams, a famous American tennis player.
1982 – Rob Burrow, an English rugby player.
1982 – Simon Picone, an Italian rugby player.
1982 & Miguel Alfredo Portillo, an Argentinian footballer.
1982 & John Scott, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1983 – Archimede Morleo, an Italian footballer.
1983 – Zoe Perry, an American actress.
1983 & Ricardo Quaresma, a Portuguese footballer.
1984 – Nev Schulman, an American television host.
1985 – Talulah Riley, an English actress.
1985 & Greg Stiemsma, an American basketball player.
1986 – Sean Doolittle, an American baseball player.
1987 – Cyril Gautier, a French road bicycle racer.
1987 – Rosanna Munter, a Swedish singer.
1987 & Vladimir Niculescu, a Romanian footballer.
1988 – Chris Archer, an American baseball player.
1988 – James Blake, an English singer.
1988 – Kiira Korpi, a Finnish figure skater.
1988 & Buddy Matthews, an Australian wrestler.
1989 – Jonny Bairstow, an English cricketer.
1991 – Réka Demeter, a Hungarian football defender.
1991 – Alma Jodorowsky, a French actress and singer.
1991 & Dan Preston, an English footballer.
1992 – Yoo Ara, a South Korean singer.
1993 – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, an American basketball player.
1994 – Lucas Gafarot, a Spanish footballer.
1994 & Jack Conger, an American swimmer.
1995 – Miloš Veljković, a Serbian footballer.
1996 – Shake Milton, an American basketball player.
1996 & Jessika Ponchet, a French tennis player.
2000 – Frankie Amaya, an American soccer player.
2000 & Princess Salma bint Abdullah, a Jordanian princess.
2001 – Xinyu Wang, a Chinese tennis player.

Notable Deaths on This Day

Passed Away Before the 1600s

800 – Berowulf, a bishop of Würzburg.
862 – Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, a Muslim military leader.
1241 – Fujiwara no Teika, a Japanese poet.
1290 – Margaret, Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland.
1313 – Gottfried von Hagenau, an Alsatian theologian and poet.
1327 – Cecco d'Ascoli, an Italian physician and poet.
1328 – Ibn Taymiya, an Islamic scholar.
1345 – William II, Count of Hainaut.
1371 – Jovan Uglješa, a Serbian despot.
1413 – Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria.
1417 – Francesco Zabarella, an Italian cardinal.
1468 – Juan de Torquemada, a Spanish cardinal.
1536 – Didier de Saint-Jaille, the 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller.
1588 – Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey.
1600 – Claude Le Jeune, a French composer.

Passed Away Between 1601 and 1900

1620 – Taichang Emperor of China.
1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, an English politician.
1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, a Japanese daimyō.
1716 – Antoine Parent, a French mathematician.
1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, a Spanish monk and scholar.
1800 – William Billings, an American composer.
1802 – Jurij Vega, a Slovene mathematician and physicist.
1820 – Daniel Boone, a famous American hunter and explorer.
1825 – José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, a Peruvian soldier and the 2nd President of Peru.
1846 – Thomas Clarkson, an English abolitionist.
1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, a German mathematician.
1877 – Hermann Grassmann, a German mathematician and physicist.

Passed Away After 1900

1902 – Levi Strauss, a German-American businessman who founded Levi Strauss & Co..
1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, a Greek-Japanese author.
1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, a Canadian businessman.
1922 – Charles Wade, an Australian politician and the 17th Premier of New South Wales.
1935 – Andy Adams, an American author.
1935 – Iván Persa, a Slovene-Hungarian priest.
1937 – Bessie Smith, a famous American singer.
1943 – Henri Fertet, a French Resistance fighter.
1945 – Béla Bartók, a Hungarian pianist and composer.
1946 – William Strunk Jr., an American author and educator.
1947 – Hugh Lofting, an English-American author.
1951 – Hans Cloos, a German geologist.
1952 – George Santayana, a Spanish philosopher and poet.
1953 – Xu Beihong, a Chinese painter.
1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, an American tennis player.
1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, an American minister.
1959 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, a Sri Lankan politician and the 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
1959 – Leslie Morshead, an Australian general.
1959 & Teodor Ussisoo, an Estonian furniture designer.
1961 – Charles Erwin Wilson, an American politician and the 5th United States Secretary of Defense.
1965 – James Fitzmaurice, an Irish pilot.
1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, a Polish-Israeli neurologist.
1968 – Daniel Johnson Sr., a Canadian politician and the 20th Premier of Quebec.
1968 & Władysław Kędra, a Polish pianist.
1972 – Charles Correll, an American actor.
1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis, an American historian.
1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, an American race car driver.
1973 & Anna Magnani, an Italian actress.
1976 – Leopold Ružička, a Croatian-Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
1977 – Uday Shankar, an Indian dancer.
1978 – Manne Siegbahn, a Swedish physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, an American actor.
1982 – Alec Hurwood, an Australian cricketer.
1984 – Paquirri, a Spanish bullfighter.
1984 & John Facenda, an American sportscaster.
1987 – Ramang, an Indonesian footballer.
1987 & Herbert Tichy, an Austrian geologist and mountaineer.
1988 – Branko Zebec, a Croatian and Yugoslav football player.
1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, an Indian singer.
1990 – Hiram Abas, a Turkish intelligence officer.
1990 & Alberto Moravia, an Italian author.
1991 – Billy Vaughn, an American singer and bandleader.
1995 – Kalju Pitksaar, an Estonian chess player.
1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, a Romanian politician.
1997 – Dorothy Kingsley, an American screenwriter.
1998 – Betty Carter, an American singer.
1999 – Oseola McCarty, an American philanthropist.
2000 – Richard Mulligan, an American actor.
2000 & Baden Powell de Aquino, a Brazilian guitarist.
2002 – Nils Bohlin, a Swedish engineer who invented the three-point safety belt.
2003 – Shawn Lane, an American guitarist.
2003 & Robert Palmer, an English singer.
2004 – Marianna Komlos, a Canadian bodybuilder.
2005 – Helen Cresswell, an English author.
2006 – Byron Nelson, an American golfer.
2006 & Iva Toguri D'Aquino, an American wartime broadcaster.
2007 – Bill Wirtz, an American businessman.
2008 – Marc Moulin, a Belgian musician.
2008 & Paul Newman, a famous American actor and director.
2010 – Terry Newton, an English rugby player.
2010 & Gloria Stuart, an American actress.
2011 – Bob Cassilly, an American sculptor.
2012 – M'el Dowd, an American actress.
2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, a Canadian physicist and politician.
2012 – Eugene Genovese, an American historian.
2012 & Sam Steiger, an American journalist and politician.
2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak, a Malaysian politician.
2013 – Seánie Duggan, an Irish hurler.
2013 – Mario Montez, a Puerto Rican-American actor.
2013 & Sos Sargsyan, an Armenian actor.
2014 – Jim Boeke, an American football player.
2014 – Sam Hall, an American screenwriter.
2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, an American astronomer.
2014 & Tamir Sapir, a Georgian-American businessman.
2015 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, a Brazilian zoologist.
2015 – Sidney Phillips, an American soldier.
2015 & Ana Seneviratne, a Sri Lankan police officer.
2016 – Toughie, the last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog.
2019 – Jacques Chirac, a French politician and President of France.

Holidays and Special Days

Christian feast days:
- Canadian Martyrs (Catholic Church in Canada)
- Cosmas and Damian
- John of Meda
- Nilus the Younger
- Wilson Carlile (Anglican)
- September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)
Dominion Day (New Zealand)
European Day of Languages (European Union)
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
National Good Neighbor Day (United States)
Petrov day
Revolution Day (Yemen)