September 26 - Wikipedia

September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining.

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Events

1580 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe
1687 - The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morozini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
1777 - British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
1789 - Thomas Jefferson appointed first United States Secretary of State; John Jay appointed first Chief Justice of the United States; Samuel Osgood[?] appointed first United States Postmaster General; Edmund Randolph[?] appointed first United States Attorney General.
1907 - New Zealand becomes a dominion
1914 - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
1918 - Battle of Meuse[?]
1934 - Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched
1944 - Operation Market Garden fails
1950 - United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the North Koreans.
1960 - In Chicago, Illinois the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1961 - Bob Dylan makes his public debut
1962 - Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed
1962 - Premiere of "The Beverly Hillbillies[?]" on CBS.
1969 - Chicago Seven[?] trial begins
1981 - Nolan Ryan sets a Major League Baseball record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 - Australia II, first non-American winner, wins the Americas Cup
1988 - Ben Johnson is stripped of his Olympic gold medal in the 100 meter dash[?] for failing a drug test
1991 - Biosphere 2 opens