26 September
Featured Birthday · Born 1848
Henry Walters
American art collector (1848-1931)
Notable Births
Jane Remover
b. 2003
American musician and producer (born 2003)
Wang Xinyu
b. 2001
Chinese tennis player (born 2001)
Frankie Amaya
b. 2000
American soccer player (born 2000)
Miloš Veljković
b. 1995
Serbian footballer (born 1995)
Jack Conger
b. 1994
American swimmer (born 1994)
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Ras Kass
b. 1972
American rapper (born 1973)
Andy Petterson
b. 1969
Australian soccer player (born 1969)
Radisav Ćurčić
b. 1965
Serbian basketball player
Uwe Bein
b. 1960
German footballer
Doug Supernaw
b. 1960
American country music singer (1960–2020)
Steve Butler
b. 1956
American racing driver
Douglas A. Melton
b. 1953
American medical researcher
Mary Beth Hurt
b. 1946
American actress (born 1946)
Claudette Werleigh
b. 1946
Haitian politician (born 1946)
Millito Navarro
b. 1905
Puerto Rican baseball player (1905-2011)
Gordon Brewster
b. 1889
Archibald Butt
b. 1865
American journalist and military officer (1865–1912)
Henry Walters
b. 1848
American art collector (1848-1931)
Johnny Appleseed
b. 1774
American pioneer nurseryman (1774–1845)
Notable Deaths
John Ashton (actor)
d. 2024
American actor (1948–2024)
Jacques Chirac
d. 2019
President of France from 1995 to 2007
Toughie (frog)
d. 2016
Last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (2005-2016)
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
d. 2015
Brazilian zoologist
Sidney Phillips
d. 2015
American physician
Ana Seneviratne
d. 2015
Sri Lankan diplomat
Tamir Sapir
d. 2014
Georgian born-American businessman
Azizan Abdul Razak
d. 2013
Malaysian politician (1944–2013)
Mario Montez
d. 2013
Puerto Rican actor
Sos Sargsyan
d. 2013
Soviet and Armenian actor (1929–2013)
M'el Dowd
d. 2012
American actress and singer (1933–2012)
Sylvia Fedoruk
d. 2012
Canadian curler and politician
Eugene Genovese
d. 2012
American historian (1930–2012)
Sam Steiger
d. 2012
American politician and media personality (1929–2012)
Bob Cassilly
d. 2011
American sculptor, entrepreneur, and creative director
Gloria Stuart
d. 2010
American actress and painter (1910–2010)
Terry Newton
d. 2010
Former GB & England international rugby league footballer
Xu Beihong
d. 1953
Chinese painter (1895–1953)
John Fitzwilliam Stairs
d. 1904
Canadian politician (1848–1904)
Ibn Taymiyya
d. 1328
Islamic scholar and jurist (1263–1328)
On This Day in History
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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.
Hurricane Helene
2022
A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.
Izhevsk school shooting
2014
A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
Iguala mass kidnapping
2010
The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.
2010 Philippine Bar exam bombing
2009
Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
Typhoon Ketsana
2002
The overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
MV Le Joola
2000
Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2000 Prague anti-globalization protests
2000
The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
MS Express Samina
1997
A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
Garuda Indonesia
1997
An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
1997 Umbria and Marche earthquakes
1994
A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24.
Yakovlev Yak-40
1992
A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159.
Nigerian Air Force
1984
The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
Handover of Hong Kong
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.
Stanislav Petrov
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.
Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L
1980
A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others.
Oktoberfest bombing
1978
Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six.
Air Caribbean Flight 309
1960
In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
United States presidential debates
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.
Typhoon Vera
1954
The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
Tōya Maru