September 26 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Sukkot I סוכות א׳ holiday

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 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. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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

🏀 Sports on this Date

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