Historical Events In September - 26

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  On September - 26 canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test  

1988  NYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark on September - 26.  

1988  On this day in history polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM  

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

1989  On this day in history pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome  

1990  Motion Picture Assn of America creates new NC-17 rating on September - 26.  

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

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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  Ralph Manheim, translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

1994  Jessie Kesson, author, dies at 77 on September - 26.  

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 this day in history geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75  

2005  On September - 26 death of Jerry Juhl, writer  

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

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  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 September - 26.  

2014  World Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091 on September - 26.  

2017  On this day in history 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 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  Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226) was born on this day in history.  

1329  On this day in history birth of anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans (d. 1353)  

1406  Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) was born on this day in history.  

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

1711  On this day in history birth of richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779)  

1729  On September - 26 birth of moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator  

1750  On September - 26 birth of cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)  

1758  On this day in history birth of cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.  

1023  Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies on September - 26.  

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

1345  Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 on September - 26.  

1371  On this day in history vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies  

1417  Death of Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360) on this day in history.  

1468  Death of Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388) on September - 26.  

1614  Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies on September - 26.  

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