Major Events
- 1580 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the 'Golden Hind'
- 1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks, damaging the Parthenon
- 1688 City council of Amsterdam votes to support Prince William of Orange's invasion of England, which became known as 'The Glorious Revolution' in the Netherlands
- 1815 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign the Holy Alliance
- 1901 Great Britain annexes the Ashanti Kingdom and places it under the governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana)
- 1918 Beginning of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, more than 1 million American soldiers in the largest and most costly offensive of WWI
- More September 26 Events
Sep 26 in Film & TV
- 1968 "Oliver!" directed by Carol Reed and starring Mark Lester and Ron Moody premieres in London (Best Picture 1969)
Sep 26 in Music
- 1969 Apple Records releases The Beatles 11th studio album "Abbey Road", their final recordings as a quartet; tops the charts in 11 countries
Sep 26 in Sport
- 1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race - 1st non-US winner
Did You Know?
Cuban leader Fidel Castro delivers a 4 hour and 29 minute long speech at the United Nations
Francis of Assisi
Charles Vyner Brooke
T. S. Eliot
Paul VI
Albert Anastasia
Winnie Mandela
Olivia Newton-John
Linda Hamilton
Jill Soloway
George Gershwin
Carlene Carter
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Serena Williams
Fun Fact About September 26
Soviet military officer Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war by judging supposed missile attack from the US an error
Famous Weddings
- 1861 Political cartoonist Thomas Nast (21) weds Sarah Edwards (20) in USA
- 1919 German chancellor Konrad Adenauer (43) weds Auguste Zinsser in Cologne, Germany
- 1931 Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld
Famous Divorces
- 2016 Actress Naomi Watts and actor Liv Schreiber announce their separation after 11 years together
More September 26 Weddings
Daniel Boone
Levi Strauss
Béla Bartok
Byron Nelson
Paul Newman
Brooks RobinsonArticles, Photos and Quiz
Francis Drake's Circumnavigation
Engraved world map, hand-colored, printed on paper, showing the route of Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe 1577-1580
September 26, 1580
Parthenon
The Parthenon, former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece
September 26, 1687
'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938
