Page 7: Historical Events In September - 26
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1986 Antonin Scalia becomes a Supreme Court Justice on this day in history.
1986 On September - 26 bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season)
1986 On September - 26 william Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1988 Canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test on September - 26.
1988 NYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark on September - 26.
1988 Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM on this day in history.
1988 US space shuttle STS-26 launched on this day in history.
1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome on this day in history.
1990 Motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating on this day in history.
1990 Soviet parliament agrees on bill allowing religious practices on this day in history.
1990 Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82 on this day in history.
1991 On September - 26 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins
1992 Ralph Manheim, translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history james Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82
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 this day in history geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75
2005 Death of Jerry Juhl, writer on September - 26.
2005 On this day in history 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.
2005 On September - 26 helen Cresswell, British author
2006 On this day in history diet of Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Junichiro Koizumi.
2007 On this day in history emperor Akihito formally swears in Yasuo Fukuda as the 91st Prime Minister of Japan.
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 September - 26.
2007 In southern Vietnam the Can Tho Bridge, which is under construction, collapses, killing scores of workers on September - 26.
2012 Syrian army massacres 40 civilians in Thiabieh, Damascus on this day in history.
2014 World Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091 on September - 26.
2017 On September - 26 saudi Arabia announces it is overturning its ban on women driving - last country in the world to do so
2017 Fights break out in Uganda's parliament during debate to raise presidential age limit on September - 26.
2017 World's second-largest gem-quality diamond, the "Lesedi La Rona", sells for $53m on this day in history.
2021 The 2021 German federal election is held, with the Social Democratic Party beating out the CDU/CSU coalition.[204][205] on September - 26.
2023 On this day in history donald Trump found guilty of fraud by inflating his assets in a civil case was brought by New York attorney general Letitia James [1]
2024 Hurricane Helene, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Maria in 2017, makes landfall in Florida as a category four hurricane. It has a death toll of 236 and leaves more than 685 missing on September - 26.