Page 7: Historical Events In September - 26
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1986 Antonin Scalia becomes a Supreme Court Justice on September - 26. 

1986 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season) on this day in history. 

1986 William Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on this day in history. 

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 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 this day in history. 

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 Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82 on this day in history. 

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

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 Jessie Kesson, author, dies at 77 on this day in history. 

1996 On September - 26 u.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to earth after six months in orbit aboard the Russian space station Mir 

1996 On this day in history geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75 

2005 On September - 26 death of Jerry Juhl, writer 

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 September - 26. 

2005 Helen Cresswell, British author on September - 26. 

2006 On September - 26 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 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 September - 26 in southern Vietnam the Can Tho Bridge, which is under construction, collapses, killing scores of workers. 

2012 On this day in history syrian army massacres 40 civilians in Thiabieh, Damascus 

2014 On this day in history world Health Organisations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091 

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 On this day in history fights break out in Uganda's parliament during debate to raise presidential age limit 

2017 On September - 26 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 September - 26 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 this day in history 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. 

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