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What are the important events that happened on September 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 26: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 26 is the 270th day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 13, 2016 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,580,800 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontagon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac 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 124 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,375 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 26 Historical Events
- 1783 –The first battle of Shays’ Rebellion begins.
- 1908 –Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1914 –The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1970 –The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acre.
- 1983 –Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
Who were born on September 26?
- 1893 –Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
- 1976 –Tyler Denk, American model and reality show contestant
- 1977 –André Hunger, German artist and designer
- 1979 –Fuifui Moimoi, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- 1982 –Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer
Who died on September 26?
- 1937 –Bessie Smith, American singer (b. 1894)
- 1976 –Lavoslav Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1887)
- 1984 –Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
- 2004 –Marianna Komlos, professional wrestling valet (b. 1969)
- 2011 –Bob Cassilly, American Artist and Founder of the St. Louis City Museum (b. 1949)
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