Historical Events In September - 26

1986  On this day in history antonin Scalia becomes a Supreme Court Justice  

1986  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history nYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark  

1988  Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM on September - 26.  

1988  US space shuttle STS-26 launched on this day in history.  

1989  Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome on September - 26.  

1990  Motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating on this day in history.  

1990  On September - 26 soviet parliament agrees on bill allowing religious practices  

1990  On September - 26 alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82  

1991  2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins on September - 26.  

1992  On this day in history ralph Manheim, translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85  

1993  James Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1994  On September - 26 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 September - 26.  

1996  On September - 26 geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75  

2005  On September - 26 death of Jerry Juhl, writer  

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 this day in history helen Cresswell, British author  

2006  Diet of Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Junichiro Koizumi on this day in history.  

2007  Emperor Akihito formally swears in Yasuo Fukuda as the 91st Prime Minister of Japan on September - 26.  

2007  On September - 26 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]  

2007  On this day in history in southern Vietnam the Can Tho Bridge, which is under construction, collapses, killing scores of workers.  

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  Saudi Arabia announces it is overturning its ban on women driving - last country in the world to do so on this day in history.  

2017  Fights break out in Uganda's parliament during debate to raise presidential age limit on this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history world's second-largest gem-quality diamond, the "Lesedi La Rona", sells for $53m  

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1181  On this day in history birth of saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226)  

1329  Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353) was born on September - 26.  

1406  Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) was born on September - 26.  

1688  Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist was born on this day in history.  

1711  On September - 26 birth of richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)  

1729  On this day in history birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator  

1750  Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810) was born on September - 26.  

1758  Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires was born on September - 26.  

1023  On this day in history godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies  

1342  On September - 26 john I, ruler of Poland, dies  

1345  Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 on this day in history.  

1371  Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies on September - 26.  

1417  On September - 26 death of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)  

1468  Death of Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388) on this day in history.  

1614  Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies on this day in history.  

1620  Death of Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) on September - 26.