Public Holidays on September 25

• 🌍 Chuseok (South Korea)
• 🌍 Mid-Autumn Festival (China)
• 🌍 中秋節 (Taiwan)
• 🌍 中秋节 (China)
• 🌍 추석 (South Korea)

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Religious Observances on September 25

• Jewish: Erev Sukkot ערב סוכות
• Islamic: Urs of Imām Abu Hamīd al-Ghazzāli ق
• Chinese: Mid-Autumn Festival

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On This Day in History — September 25

• 2003 — The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
• 1992 — NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
• 1983 — Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison.
• 1981 — Belize joins the United Nations.
• 1978 — PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
• 1977 — About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.

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Notable Births on September 25

• 1996 — Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
• 1993 — Toby Greene, Australian footballer
• 1992 — Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
• 1992 — Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
• 1992 — Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater

Notable Deaths on September 25

• 2016 — José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1992)
• 2016 — Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929)
• 2016 — Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (b. 1960)
• 2015 — Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
• 2015 — John Galvin, American general (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1944)

Sports on September 25

• WNBA: Indiana Fever @ Minnesota Lynx — 00:00 UTC Final
• NHL: Chicago Blackhawks @ St. Louis Blues — 00:00 UTC Final
• NFL: Atlanta Falcons @ Green Bay Packers — 00:15 UTC Final
• NHL: Edmonton Oilers @ Vancouver Canucks — 01:00 UTC Final
• MLB: Los Angeles Angels @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 UTC Final
• MLB: Houston Astros @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Final

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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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