September 26 Historical Events
The following events took place on September 26. The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 1959Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
- 1960In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
- 1960Fidel Castro announces Cuba’s support for the U.S.S.R.
- 1969Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
- 1970The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acre.
- 1971The Freetown Christiania was founded.
- 1973Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
- 1980At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people died and 211 were injured.
- 1981Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
- 1983Soviet 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.
- 1983Australia II wins the America’s Cup ending the New York Yacht Club’s 132-year domination of the race.
- 1984The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong.
- 1997A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
- 1997An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
- 2000Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
- 2000The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
- 2002The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Le Joola capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
- 2008Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
- 2009Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
- 2010Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues are kidnapped by members of the Taliban in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan.
- 2014A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
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