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Person born on 26 September
1820 - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, a famous Indian social reformer, educationist and freedom fighter, was born. He was one of the pillars of Bengal's renaissance. Due to his high degree of scholarship, he was given the title of Vidyasagar.
1888 - T.S. Elliot - Nobel Prize winning American, English writer.
1921 - Subedar Joginder Singh - Indian soldier awarded the Param Vir Chakra.
1923 - Bollywood actor Devanand was born in Punjab (Pakistan).
1932 – Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister of the country, was born in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India.
1981 - Serena Williams, American tennis star, was born. He has won 38 Grand Slam titles in his career so far including 22 singles.
Died on 26 September
1956 - Laxman Kashinath Kirloskar - famous industrialist of India.
1958 - TB Cunha, freedom fighter from Goa.
1977 - Uday Shankar - Indian classical dancer, choreographer, and ballet producer.
1989 - Hemant Kumar - Hindi film playback singer and composer.
1990 – Italian novelist Alberto Moravia died. He was born in the year 1907 in Rome, the capital of Italy.
Important Occasions and Celebrations of 26 September
Dr. Manmohan Singh's birthday.
Sri Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar Jayanti.
C.S.I.R. Foundation Day .
Sri Devanand Jayanti.
Subedar Joginder Singh (awarded with Param Vir Chakra) Jayanti.
Important Events of 26 September
1087 – William II, the third son of William I, ascends the throne of England. He remained emperor till 1100.
1580 - British sailor Francis Drake traveled around the world by sea and returned to his home country of England.
1777 – American Revolution: British troops capture Philadelphia.
1872 - The first temple in New York City is built.
1907 - New Zealand declares its independence.
1950 – United Nations troops capture Seoul from North Korean troops.
1950 - Denmark joins the United Nations.
1959 - The most powerful hurricane in the history of Japan, 'Vera', killed 4580 people and left 1.6 million people homeless.
1960 - Monarchy rule in northern Yemen ends.
1960 - On this day, the army commander Abdullah Sallal put an end to the monarchical system by conducting a military rebellion, after which democracy was established there.
1960 - For the first time in America, 70 million people watched the debate between two presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
1973 – The supersonic Concorde passenger airplane completes the journey across the Atlantic in a record time of just 3 hours 32 minutes.
1984 - The United Kingdom agrees to hand over Hong Kong to China.
1986 – Agreement on Hong Kong is signed between Britain and China.
1998 - Sachin Tendulkar breaks Desmond Haynes' world record by scoring his 18th century in a one-day cricket match against Zimbabwe.
2001 - US assures India of dealing with Kashmiri terrorists after bin Laden.
2002 - France opposes unilateral action on Iraq.
2004 - US decides to provide technology to India for civilian space programmes.
2007 – An under construction bridge collapses in the southern city of Cantho, Vietnam, killing 62 workers.
2009 - Poojashree Venkatesh defeated Rashmi Chakraborty in ITF. Won the title of women's tennis tournament.
2009 - Pankaj Advani became the Billiards Champion in the 76th National Billiards and Snooker Championship.
2009 – Typhoon Katsana kills 700 people in the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.
2011 - Delhi Metro becomes the first railway network in the world to be given 'carbon credit' by the United Nations for reducing greenhouse gases. The United Nations said in a release that the transport system has reduced the city's pollution level by 630,000 tonnes in a year.
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