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Saturday, September 26th 2026

Events:

1580   Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the globe.

1950   Seoul is taken from the North Koreans by the UN.

1957   Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story opens on Broadway

1969   The Brady Bunch airs its first episode on TV.

1981   Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan throws a record fifth no-hitter

Famous Birthdays:

1774   Johnny Appleseed (Environmentalist)

1849   Ivan Pavlov (Scientist)

1888   T.S. Eliot (Author)

1898   George Gershwin (Composer)

1956   Linda Hamilton (Actress)

1962   Melissa Sue Anderson (TV's Mary Ingalls)

1981   Serena Williams (Tennis Player)

1981   Christina Milian (Singer)

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