Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In September - 26
Saturday, 12 July 2025
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 this day in history william Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1988 On this day in history canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test
1988 NYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM
1988 On September - 26 uS space shuttle STS-26 launched
1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome on September - 26.
1990 On September - 26 motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating
1990 On this day in history soviet parliament agrees on bill allowing religious practices
1990 On this day in history alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82
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 September - 26 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 Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75 on September - 26.
2005 Death of Jerry Juhl, writer on September - 26.
2005 On September - 26 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 Helen Cresswell, British author on September - 26.
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 this day in history.
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 On September - 26 syrian army massacres 40 civilians in Thiabieh, Damascus
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
2021 On September - 26 the 2021 German federal election is held, with the Social Democratic Party beating out the CDU/CSU coalition.[204][205]
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 On September - 26 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.