Historical Events In September - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1986 Antonin Scalia becomes a Supreme Court Justice on September - 26.
1986 On this day in history bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season)
1986 William Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test
1988 NYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark on this day in history.
1988 Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM on this day in history.
1988 US space shuttle STS-26 launched on September - 26.
1989 On September - 26 pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
1990 Motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating on September - 26.
1990 On September - 26 soviet parliament agrees on bill allowing religious practices
1990 Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82 on September - 26.
1991 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins on this day in history.
1992 Ralph Manheim, translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85 on September - 26.
1993 James Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82 on September - 26.
1994 On this day in history jessie Kesson, author, dies at 77
1996 U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to earth after six months in orbit aboard the Russian space station Mir on this day in history.
1996 On September - 26 geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75
2005 Death of Jerry Juhl, writer on September - 26.
2005 U.S. army reservist Lynndie England is convicted by a military jury on six of seven counts in connection with the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal on this day in history.
2005 Helen Cresswell, British author on this day in history.
2006 On September - 26 diet of Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Junichiro Koizumi.
2007 Emperor Akihito formally swears in Yasuo Fukuda as the 91st Prime Minister of Japan on this day in history.
2007 First confirmed deaths resulting from the Myanmar military's crackdown on weeks long anti-government protests. Buddhist monks are arrested and Internet access is cut from the public.[20] on this day in history.
2007 In southern Vietnam the Can Tho Bridge, which is under construction, collapses, killing scores of workers on this day in history.
2012 On September - 26 syrian army massacres 40 civilians in Thiabieh, Damascus
2014 On this day in history world Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091
2017 Saudi Arabia announces it is overturning its ban on women driving - last country in the world to do so on September - 26.
2017 On this day in history fights break out in Uganda's parliament during debate to raise presidential age limit
2017 On this day in history world's second-largest gem-quality diamond, the "Lesedi La Rona", sells for $53m
2021 On this day in history the 2021 German federal election is held, with the Social Democratic Party beating out the CDU/CSU coalition.[204][205]
2023 On September - 26 donald Trump found guilty of fraud by inflating his assets in a civil case was brought by New York attorney general Letitia James [1]