Historical Events In September - 26
Tuesday, 03 December 2024
1986 Antonin Scalia becomes a Supreme Court Justice on this day in history.
1986 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season) on September - 26.
1986 On this day in history william Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1988 Canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test on this day in history.
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 September - 26.
1988 US space shuttle STS-26 launched on September - 26.
1989 On this day in history pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
1990 On September - 26 motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating
1990 Soviet parliament agrees on bill allowing religious practices on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82
1991 On this day in history 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins
1992 On September - 26 ralph Manheim, translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85
1993 On this day in history james Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82
1994 On September - 26 jessie Kesson, author, dies at 77
1996 On this day in history u.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to earth after six months in orbit aboard the Russian space station Mir
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 this day in history diet of Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Junichiro Koizumi.
2007 On September - 26 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 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 Syrian army massacres 40 civilians in Thiabieh, Damascus on September - 26.
2014 World Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091 on this day in history.
2017 Saudi Arabia announces it is overturning its ban on women driving - last country in the world to do so on September - 26.
2017 Fights break out in Uganda's parliament during debate to raise presidential age limit on September - 26.
2017 On this day in history world's second-largest gem-quality diamond, the "Lesedi La Rona", sells for $53m
2021 The 2021 German federal election is held, with the Social Democratic Party beating out the CDU/CSU coalition.[204][205] on this day in history.
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]