Public Holidays on September 26

• 🌍 Chuseok (South Korea)
• 🌍 Day following the Mid-Autumn Festival (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 סוכות (Israel)
• 🌍 中秋節翌日 (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 추석 다음날 (South Korea)

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Religious Observances on September 26

• Jewish: Sukkot I סוכות א׳

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On This Day in History — September 26

• 2014 — A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
• 2009 — Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
• 2008 — Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
• 2005 — The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
• 2002 — An overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
• 2000 — Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

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Notable Births on September 26

• 2002 — Alex Smith, American football player
• 2000 — Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
• 1995 — Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
• 1994 — Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer
• 1994 — Jack Conger, American swimmer
• 1993 — Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player

Notable Deaths on September 26

• 2015 — Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928)
• 2015 — Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927)
• 2014 — Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (b. 1938)
• 2014 — Sam Hall, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2014 — Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)

Sports on September 26

• College Football: Northwestern Wildcats @ Indiana Hoosiers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Dallas Stars @ Minnesota Wild — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Winnipeg Jets @ Colorado Avalanche — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Houston Astros @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled

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Religious Observances on September 27

• Jewish: Sukkot II סוכות ב׳

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On This Day in History — September 27

• 2014 — Eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.
• 2012 — A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing six people, including the gunman who committed suicide, and wounding two others.
• 2008 — CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
• 2007 — NASA launches the Dawn probe.
• 2003 — SMART-1 satellite is launched.
• 2001 — Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.

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Notable Births on September 27

• 1998 — Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player
• 1994 — Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer
• 1993 — Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player
• 1993 — Vinnie Sunseri, American football player
• 1992 — Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player

Notable Deaths on September 27

• 2017 — Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (b. 1926)
• 2016 — David Hahn, American Boy Scout famous for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in a shed in his backyard (b. 1976)
• 2015 — Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (b. 1945)
• 2015 — Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (b. 1940)
• 2015 — Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
• 2015 — Denise Lor, American singer and actress (b. 1929)

Sports on September 27

• College Football: Florida Atlantic Owls @ UL Monroe Warhawks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Tulsa Golden Hurricane @ Arkansas Razorbacks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: San Diego FC @ Austin FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: LAFC @ FC Dallas — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Sporting Kansas City @ Houston Dynamo FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Toronto FC @ Nashville SC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled

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