September
26
Independence
Day
New Zealand : 26 September 1907
September
26 : The European Day of Languages
The
European Day of Languages (EDL), a Council
of Europe initiative, is held annually on
the 26September to celebrate language and
cultural diversity. The Day was first celebrated
in 2001, theEuropean Year of Languages and
involves more people every year.The general
objectives of the European Day of Languages
are to: Alert the public to the importance
of language learning and diversifying the
range of languages learntin order to increase
plurilingualism and intercultural understanding;Promote
the rich linguistic and cultural diversity
of Europe;Encourage lifelong language learning
in and out of school
Events
46
BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his
mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance
with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.
715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle
of Compiègne.
1212 – Golden Bull of Sicily is certified
as an hereditary royal title in Bohemia for
the Přemyslid dynasty.
1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation
of the Earth.
1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially
destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing
from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are
besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
1687 – The city council of Amsterdam votes
to support William of Orange's invasion of
England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
1777 – British troops occupy Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
1783 – The first battle of Shays' Rebellion
begins.
1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first
United States Secretary of State, John Jay
is appointed the first Chief Justice of the
United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed
the first United States Postmaster General,
and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first
United States Attorney General.
1792 – Marc-David Lasource begins accusing
Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship
for France.
1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted
by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste
Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca)
is established in New York City.
1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland each become
dominions within the British Empire.
1908 – Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only
pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) is established by the Federal Trade
Commission Act.
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Polygon
Wood begins.
1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive,
the bloodiest single battle in American history,
begins.
1923 – Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar
Republic's payment of reparations.
1934 – Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1942 – The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher
official of the SS concentration camp administration
department, issues a memorandum containing
a great deal of operational detail in how
Jews should be "evacuated".
1944 – World War II: Operation Market Garden
fails.
1944 – World War II: On the central front
of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control
the Serchio valley region after ten days of
fighting.
1950 – United Nations troops recapture Seoul
from North Korean forces.
1950 – Indonesia is admitted to the United
Nations.
1954 – Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks
during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan
killing 1,172.
1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon
to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall,
killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6
million others homeless.
1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate
takes place between presidential candidates
Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1960 – Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support
for the U.S.S.R.
1970 – The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego
County, California, burning 175,425 acres
(709.92 km²).
1971 – The Freetown Christiania was founded.
1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing
of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1981 – Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League
record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 – Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov
averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly
identifying a report of an incoming nuclear
missile as a computer error and not an American
first strike.
1984 – The United Kingdom agrees to the handover
of Hong Kong
1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes
near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions
of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of
the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague
(some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during
the IMF and World Bank summits.
2000 – The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros
in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
2001 – Polish Wikipedia was started.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV
Joola capsizes off the coast of The Gambia
killing more than 1,000.
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy
becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered
wing across the English Channel.
2009 – Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines,
China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand,
causing 700 fatalities.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Days:
Cosmas and Damian
John of Meda
Nilus the Younger
September 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)
Dominion Day (New Zealand)
European Day of Languages (European Union)
Revolution Day (Yemen)
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