September 26

Today in History
• 1396 - Sultan Bajezid I beheads hundreds of crusaders after the Battle of Nicopolis
• 1580 - Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world
• 1680 - Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal
• 1687 - Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army, damaging the Parthenon
• 1772 - New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practise medicine
• 1783 - Fayette County, Pennsylvania created
• 1872 - The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City
• 1874 - 1st Grand International Rifle match held


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Dominion Status Day
• European Day of Languages
• Human Resource Professional Day
• Johnny Appleseed Day
• Lumberjack Day
• National Day of Praise and Worship
• National Family Day
• ?National Voter Registration Day

Birthdays
• 1181 - Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order
• 1329 - Anna of Bavaria, Queen of the Romans
• 1758 - Cosme Argerich, physician and founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires
• 1774 - Johnny Appleseed [John Chapman], pioneer nurseryman (introduced apple trees)
• 1821 - Alvin Peterson Hovey, American judge, 21st Governor of Indiana (1889-1891)
• 1870 - Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-47)
• 1874 - Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd and last White Rajah of Sarawak
• 1897 - Paul VI, 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78)