Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: September 26
September 26, 2025 is the 269th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Sapphire is your modern birthstone. Agate is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: September 26
- 1580 –Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1973 –Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
- 1983 –Australia II wins the America’s Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history.
- 1997 –A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
Who were born on September 26?
- 1750 –Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
- 1876 –Edith Abbott, American social worker and author (d. 1957)
- 1897 –Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
- 1898 –George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937)
- 1925 –Norm Dussault, American ice hockey player
- 1926 –Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)
- 1946 –Togo Igawa, Japanese actor
- 1961 –Will Self, English author
- 1967 –Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
- 1979 –Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor
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