About September 26
September 26, 2024 is the 270th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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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 125 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 26
- 46 BC –Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.
- 1212 –Golden Bull of Sicily is certified as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
- 1777 –British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
- 1789 –Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
- 1872 –The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
- 1907 –New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
- 1923 –Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic’s payment of reparations.
- 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”.
- 1950 –United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 1954 –Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
- 1960 –In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
- 1971 –The Freetown Christiania was founded.
- 1973 –Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
- 1981 –Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
- 1983 –Australia II wins the America’s Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history.
- 1984 –The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong
- 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 Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
- 2001 –Polish Wikipedia was started.
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