September 26

Events

46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.

1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.

1212 – Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.

1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.

1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars: The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şahin Pasha and the Serbian army under the command of Vukašin Mrnjavčević and Jovan Uglješa clash at the Battle of Maritsa.

1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.

1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.

1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.

1687 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.

1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.

1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.

1792 – Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.

1799 – War of the 2nd Coalition: Second Battle of Zurich Austro-Russian forces under Korsakov are defeated by Franco-Swiss under André Masséna, leading to the collapse of Alexander Suvorov's campaign.

1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.

1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.

1910 – Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.

1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.

1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.

1923 – Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations.

1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

1934 – Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.

1942 – The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher official of the SS concentration camp administration department, issues a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated".

1944 – World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.

1944 – World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio Valley region after 10 days of fighting.

1950 – United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.

1950 – Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.

1953 – Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ended

1954 – Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.

1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.

1980 – At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.

1981 – Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.

1983 – Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.

1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.

1984 – The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.

1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.

1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

2000 – The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.

2002 – An overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.

2005 – The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.

2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.

2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.

2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

Births

1329 – Anne of Bavaria (d. 1353)

1406 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)

1462 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I (d. 1506)

1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)

1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)

1758 – Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820)

1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)

1774 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)

1783 – Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (d. 1858)

1791 – Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)

1792 – William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)

1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891)

1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)

1843 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (d. 1912)

1848 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931)

1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)

1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)

1869 – Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)

1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)

1872 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)

1873 – Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator (d. 1940)

1874 – Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)

1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)

1876 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)

1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)

1877 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963)

1877 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)

1878 – Walter Steinbeck, German actor (d. 1942)

1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966)

1884 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)

1886 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)

1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet (d. 1958)

1887 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)

1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)

1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author (d. 1964)

1888 – T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1889 – Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)

1889 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1976)

1890 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (d. 1959)

1891 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)

1891 – Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1953)

1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (d. 1970)

1894 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)

1895 – Jürgen Stroop, German general (d. 1952)

1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)

1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)

1898 – George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)

1900 – Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (d. 1983)

1901 – George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)

1901 – Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (d. 1963)

1905 – Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)

1905 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)

1907 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (d. 1983)

1907 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)

1909 – Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)

1909 – A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)

1911 – Al Helfer, American sportscaster (d. 1975)

1913 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (d. 1998)

1913 – Dorothy Sloop, American pianist and educator (d. 1998)

1914 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)

1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)

1917 – Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)

1917 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)

1918 – Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (d. 2000)

1918 – John Rankine, Welsh author (d. 2013)

1919 – Barbara Britton, American actress (d. 1980)

1919 – Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)

1922 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (d. 1985)

1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)

1923 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)

1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (d. 2015)

1923 – James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat

1925 – Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)

1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)

1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)

1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)

1927 – Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007)

1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)

1927 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)

1928 – Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor

1928 – Wilford White, American football player (d. 2013)

1930 – Philip Bosco, American actor

1930 – Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author

1931 – Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer (d. 1983)

1931 – Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (d. 2008)

1932 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India

1932 – Donna Douglas, American actress (d. 2015)

1932 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (d. 1987)

1932 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet

1934 – Neil Coles, English golfer and architect

1935 – Bob Barber, English cricketer

1935 – Lou Myers, American actor (d. 2013)

1935 – Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (d. 2007)

1936 – Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter (d. 2010)

1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa

1937 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003)

1937 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (d. 2015)

1938 – Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator

1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)

1939 – Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter

1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor

1941 – Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress

1942 – Kent McCord, American actor

1943 – Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

1943 – Tim Schenken, Australian race car driver

1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona

1944 – Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic

1944 – Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host

1945 – Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician

1945 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter

1946 – Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005)

1946 – John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer

1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician

1946 – Louise Simonson, American author

1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey

1947 – Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (d. 2015)

1947 – Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor

1947 – Dick Roth, American swimmer

1948 – John Foxx, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player

1948 – Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress

1949 – Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager

1949 – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist (d. 2013)

1949 – Jane Smiley, American novelist

1949 – Minette Walters, English journalist and author

1950 – Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player

1951 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer and manager

1951 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer

1953 – Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress

1953 – Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic

1953 – Paul Stephenson, English police officer

1954 – Craig Chaquico, American guitarist

1954 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

1954 – Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 – Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 – Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer

1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress

1956 – Mick Imlah, Scottish poet and critic (d. 2009)

1957 – Bob Staake, American author and illustrator

1957 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager

1957 – Michael Dweck, American photographer and director

1958 – Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist

1958 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)

1958 – Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author

1958 – Kenny Sansom, English footballer

1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr., American sailor and politician

1959 – Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist

1959 – Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer

1959 – Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach

1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (d. 2007)

1960 – Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager

1960 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician

1961 – Cindy Herron, American singer

1961 – Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician

1961 – Will Self, English novelist and journalist

1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress

1962 – Peter Foster, Australian criminal

1962 – Mark Haddon, English author and poet

1962 – Steve Moneghetti, Australian runner

1962 – Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter

1962 – Tracey Thorn, English singer-songwriter and writer

1962 – Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host

1963 – Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer

1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver

1964 – Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach

1964 – John Tempesta, American drummer

1965 – Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine

1966 – Dean Butterworth, English-American drummer

1966 – Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer

1966 – Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey

1966 – Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)

1966 – Jillian Reynolds, Canadian actress and sportscaster

1967 – Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager

1967 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)

1967 – Craig Janney, American ice hockey player

1968 – Jim Caviezel, American actor

1969 – Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach

1969 – David Slade, English director and producer

1969 – Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager

1969 – Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager

1970 – Daryl Beattie, Australian motorcycle rider

1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer

1970 – David Parland, Swedish guitarist (d. 2013)

1972 – Ras Kass, American rapper and producer

1972 – Shawn Stockman, American singer

1973 – Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1973 – Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

1973 – Chris Small, Scottish snooker player and coach

1973 – Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper

1974 – Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat

1974 – Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer

1974 – Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach

1975 – Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist

1975 – Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter

1975 – Chiara Schoras, German actress

1976 – Michael Ballack, German footballer

1976 – Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player

1977 – Kerem Özyeğen, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1977 – Aka Plu, Japanese comedian and actor

1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner

1979 – Jon Harley, English footballer

1979 – Simon Kirch, German sprinter

1979 – Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler

1979 – Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player

1979 – Cameron Mooney, Australian footballer

1979 – Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast

1979 – Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia

1979 – Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

1980 – Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver

1980 – Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player

1980 – Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player

1980 – Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player

1981 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (d. 2015)

1981 – Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress

1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player

1982 – Rob Burrow, English rugby player

1982 – Simon Picone, Italian rugby player

1982 – John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player

1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentinian footballer

1982 – Jon Richardson, English comedian and radio host

1983 – D'Qwell Jackson, American football player

1983 – Archimede Morleo, Italian footballer

1983 – Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer

1984 – Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer

1987 – Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter

1987 – Vladimir Niculescu, Romanian professional football player

1987 – Cyril Gautier, French road bicycle racer

1988 – James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer

1988 – Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater

1988 – Mark Simpson, English clarinet player and composer

1989 – Chinami Suzuki, Japanese model, television host, and actress

1989 – Jonny Bairstow, English and Yorkshire Wicketkeeper/Batsman

1990 – Pavel Avdeyev, Russian footballer

1991 – Dan Preston, English footballer

1991 – Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer

1991 – Réka Demeter, Hungarian football defender

1992 – Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress

1993 – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player

1994 – Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer

1994 – Jack Conger, American swimmer

1995 – Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer

2000 – Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess

Deaths

800 – Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg

1241 – Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet

1290 – Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (b. 1283)

1313 – Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet

1327 – Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (b. 1257)

1328 – Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263)

1345 – William II, Count of Hainaut

1371 – Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot

1413 – Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1337)

1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360)

1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388)

1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)

1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540)

1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1554)

1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)

1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)

1800 – William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)

1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)

1820 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)

1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)

1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)

1902 – Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)

1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)

1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)

1935 – Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)

1935 – Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)

1937 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)

1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)

1946 – William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)

1947 – Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)

1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)

1952 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)

1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)

1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)

1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)

1959 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)

1959 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)

1959 – Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)

1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)

1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)

1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)

1968 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)

1972 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)

1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891)

1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)

1973 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)

1976 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

1977 – Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900)

1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)

1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)

1982 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)

1984 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)

1984 – John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913)

1987 – Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)

1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)

1988 – Branko Zebec, Yugoslav football player and coach (b. 1929)

1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1920)

1990 – Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer (b. 1932)

1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic (b. 1907)

1991 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (b. 1919)

1995 – Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)

1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)

1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)

1999 – Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)

2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)

2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1937)

2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)

2003 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

2004 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)

2005 – Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)

2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912)

2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916)

2007 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929)

2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)

2008 – Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (b. 1925)

2010 – Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978)

2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)

2011 – Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (b. 1949)

2012 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (b. 1933)

2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)

2012 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930)

2012 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (b. 1929)

2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944)

2013 – Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler (b. 1922)

2013 – Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935)

2013 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director (b. 1929)

2014 – Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (b. 1938)

2014 – Sam Hall, American screenwriter (b. 1921)

2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)

2014 – Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946)

2015 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928)

2015 – Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924)

2015 – Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days:

Canadian Martyrs (Roman Catholic Church in Canada)

Cosmas and Damian

John of Meda

Nilus the Younger

Wilson Carlile (Anglican)

September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)

Dominion Day (New Zealand)

European Day of Languages (European Union)

National Good Neighbor Day (United States)

Revolution Day (Yemen)