September 26th, 1947

Born on September 26th, 1947

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What happened on September 26th?

September 26th, 2010

Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

September 26th, 2008

Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy flew a wingpack powered by jet engines across the English Channel.

September 26th, 1983

Cold War: Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war by identifying as a false alarm signals that appeared to indicate an impending U.S. missile attack.

September 26th, 1968

The Beatles completed the recording of John Lennon's song "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", regarded by all the band members as their favourite on the album The Beatles.

September 26th, 1959

Japan was struck by Typhoon Vera, the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country, causing damage in excess of US$261 million and more than 5,000 deaths.

September 26th, 1944

World War II: The Soviet Army completed the Tallinn Offensive, driving German forces out of Estonia.

September 26th, 1928

The Nationalist government of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh as the official system for the romanization of Mandarin Chinese.

September 26th, 1917

World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood, part of the Battle of Passchendaele, began near Ypres, Belgium.

September 26th, 1907

The British Colony of New Zealand officially became a dominion to reflect its political independence since the 1850s.

September 26th, 1580

English explorer Francis Drake's galleon the Golden Hind (replica pictured) sailed into Plymouth, completing his circumnavigation of the globe.

September 26th, 1493

Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Dudum siquidem, one of the Bulls of Donation, marking the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

September 26th, 1087

William II, son of William the Conqueror, was crowned king of England.

January 1st, 1970

Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome to Venus, the mythical ancestor of his family.

September 26th, 2014

A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

September 26th, 2010

The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurred near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 26th

Born on September 26th, 1947

76

Dick Roth

American swimmer

*September 26th, 1947, Palo Alto

76

Philippe Lavil

French singer

*September 26th, 1947, Fort-de-France

67

Lynn Anderson

American country music singer (1947-2015)

*September 26th, 1947, Grand Forks †July 30th, 2015, Nashville

76

Lucius Allen

American basketball player

*September 26th, 1947, Kansas City

76

Josef Jahrmann

Austrian politician

*September 26th, 1947, Spitz

40

Arnie Zane

American dancer/choreographer

*September 26th, 1947, The Bronx †March 30th, 1988, Valley Cottage

76

Graham Faulkner

British actor

*September 26th, 1947, London

76

David Nish

English footballer (born 1947)

*September 26th, 1947, Burton upon Trent

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 26th?

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

73

Olivia Newton-John

British-Australian singer (1948-2022)

*September 26th, 1948, Cambridge †August 8th, 2022, Santa Ynez Valley

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

70

Hans-Heinrich Jordan

German politician (1948-2019)

*September 26th, 1948, Jübar †June 18th, 2019

77

Mary Beth Hurt

American stage and film actress

*September 26th, 1946, Marshalltown

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

27

Marina Sena

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 26th, 1996, Taiobeiras

42

Serena Williams

American tennis player (born 1981)

*September 26th, 1981, Saginaw

69

Birgitte Raaberg

Danish actress

*September 26th, 1954, Frederiksberg

77

John MacLachlan Gray

Canadian writer, composer and performer (Born 1946)

*September 26th, 1946, Ottawa

36

Scott Evans

Irish badminton player

*September 26th, 1987, Dublin

79

Christiane Rohde

Danish actress, born in 1944

*September 26th, 1944, Copenhagen

50

Christine Wiegand

German director and screenwriter (1965-2016)

*September 26th, 1965, Dortmund †June 5th, 2016, Berlin

78

Gib Guilbeau

Musician and songwriter

*September 26th, 1937, Sunset †April 12th, 2016, Los Angeles

78

Bryan Ferry

English singer and songwriter (born 1945)

*September 26th, 1945, Washington

61

Steve Moneghetti

Australian long distance runner

*September 26th, 1962, Ballarat

67

Linda Hamilton

American actress

*September 26th, 1956, Salisbury

47

Michael Ballack

German association football player

*September 26th, 1976, Görlitz

58

Andrea Dworkin

American feminist writer (1946–2005)

*September 26th, 1946, Camden †April 9th, 2005, Washington, D.C.

76

T. S. Eliot

US-born British poet (1888–1965)

*September 26th, 1888, St. Louis †January 4th, 1965, Kensington

Same year
Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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