September 26 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | September 26 Calendar
September 26th Daily Holidays include:
- Compliance Officer Day
- European Day of Languages
- Human Resource Professional Day
- International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- Johnny Appleseed Day
- Lumberjack Day
- Mesothelioma Awareness Day
- National Better Breakfast Day
- National Dumpling Day
- National Pancake Day
- National Voter Registration Day – September 26, 2023 (Fourth Tuesday in September)
- National Woman Road Warrior Day – September 26, 2023 (Fourth Tuesday in September)
- Record Store Day – August 29, September 26, and October 24
- Shamu the Whale Day
- Situational Awareness Day
- World Contraception Day
September 26: Famous Birthdays
- September 26, 1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)
- September 26, 1888 – T.S. Eliot, English poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
- September 26, 1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
- September 26, 1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
- September 26, 1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer, songwriter and actress (Grease)
- September 26, 1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator)
- September 26, 1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress (Little House on the Prairie)
September 26: Historical Events
- September 26, 1087 – William II is crowned the King of England, and he remains King until the year 1100
- September 26, 1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth
- September 26, 1777 – British troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution
- September 26, 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State by George Washington
- September 26, 1914 – The Federal Trade Commission Act establishes the United States Federal Trade Commission
- September 26, 1933 – The nickname for FBI agents, G-Men is born, when Machine Gun Kelly is arrested and shouts “Don’t Shoot, G-Men!”
- September 26, 1934 – RMS Queen Mary sets sail on her maiden voyage
- September 26, 1953 – The United Kingdom ends their rationing of sugar
- September 26, 1959 – Typhoon Vera hits Japan, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million people homeless
- September 26, 1960 – The first televised debate between U.S. presidential candidates takes place in Chicago, when Richard M. Nixon debates John F. Kennedy
- September 26, 1973 – The Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean
- September 26, 1980 – An Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich kills 13 people, and injures 211 more
- September 26, 1984 – China and the United Kingdom agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong which takes place in 1997
- September 26, 2000 – The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers
- September 26, 2002 – The Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola which was overcrowded, capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000 people
- September 26, 2009 – Typhoon Ketsana kills over 700 people when it hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand
- September 26, 2014 – A mass kidnapping of 43 male students occurs in Iguala, Mexico
September 26: Music Events
- September 26, 1969 – Abbey Road by The Beatles is released
- September 26, 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show opens in Westwood, CA
- September 26, 1992 – Gloria Estefan puts on a star-studded concert to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Andrew
- September 26, 2000 – Good Charlotte releases their self-title debut album
- September 26, 2012 – The Truth About Love by Pink is the #1 album in America
- September 26, 2014 – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes solo album by Thom Yorke, front man of Radiohead is released for $6 a download on BitTorrent
September 26: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for September 26 is Libra.
August Birthstone:
What is the September Birthstone? Sapphire
The September birthstone is sapphire – a gem that’s been cherished for thousands of years. Although the term sapphire usually refers to the blue variety of corundum (ruby is the red variety), this birthstone comes in a rainbow of other colors. Sapphires are mined in many countries around the world, including Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia, and the United States. The most valuable sapphires are those that are deep blue in color and have no visible inclusions.
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