Historical Events on September 26.

1. BC 46, 26th September: Julius Caesar dedicated a temple to his legendary ancestor Venus Genetrix.

2. 1777, 26th September: American Revolutionary War: British troops invaded Philadelphia.

3. 1905, 26th September: Albert Einstein published the first article on the special theory of relativity.

4. 1910, 26th September: Indian journalist Swadeshbhimani Ramakrishna Pillai was arrested and deported for criticizing the Travancore government.

5. 1950, 26th September: Indonesia joined the United Nations.

6. 1954, 26th September: Toya Maru was swept away by a storm in Japan. 1,172 people died.

7. 1973, 26th September: The Concorde (turbojet passenger airliner), which travels faster than sound, crossed the Atlantic Ocean in record time without stopping.

8. 1984, 26th September: Britain and China agreed that Hong Kong would revert to Chinese rule when the lease expires in 1997.

9. 1990, 26th September: Ranganath Mishra became the 21st Chief Justice of India.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 26.

1. 1820: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an Indian educator, and social reformer.

2. 1849: Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Nobel Prize-winning Russian scientist.

3. 1858: Manilal Nathubhai Trivedi, Indian author.

4. 1870: Christian X, King of Denmark.

5. 1876: Ghulam Kabir Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician.

6. 1888: T. S. Eliot, American-born British poet, playwright, critic, and Nobel laureate.

7. 1889: Martin Heidegger, a German philosopher and a seminal thinker in the Continental tradition of philosophy.

8. 1894: Acharya Shankar Dattatreya Javadekar, Indian commentator and philosopher.

9. 1909: Bill France Sr., founder of NASCAR.

10. 1918: Eric Morley, a British businessman, and the founder of the Miss World pageant.

11. 1923: Dev Anand, Indian Hindi film actor, producer, director.

12. 1927: James Robert Cade, an American physician, university professor, research scientist, and inventor.

13. 1932: Manmohan Singh, an Indian economist, academic, and politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India.

14. 1943: Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer.

15. 1981: Serena Williams, American tennis player.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 26.

1. 1902: Levi Strauss, a German-born American businessman, founder of the Levi Strauss Company.

2. 1952: George Santayana, a Spanish philosopher.

3. 1954: Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai, an Indian Tamil poet.

4. 1956: Laxmanrao Kirloskar, an Indian industrialist.

5. 1977: Uday Shankar, Indian dancer.

6. 1989: Hemant Kumar, Indian singer, composer, and producer.

7. 2008: Paul Newman, American actor.

8. 26-September-1793

Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal.

26-September-1820

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.

26-September-1904

R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born.

26-September-1911

Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.

26-September-1919

Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.

26-September-1923

Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.

26-September-1931

At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on.

26-September-1931

Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.

26-September-1932

Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.

26-September-1932

Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born.

26-September-1946

Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.

26-September-1956

Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88.

26-September-1975

Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated.

26-September-1975

Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament.

26-September-1977

Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.

26-September-1979

Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.

26-September-1985

P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.

26-September-1991

Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones.

26-September-1992

Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.

26-September-1996

CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case.

26-September-1996

High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.

26-September-1996

Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.

26-September-1998

Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.

26-September-1999

Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.

26-September-1999

Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.