On This Day September 26th

 OTD 

September 26th is the 269th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 96 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling his vow at the Battle of Pharsalus.

1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.

1789 – George Washington appointed Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.

1905 – Albert Einstein published the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the particular theory of relativity.

1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began, which would last until the total surrender of German forces.

1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts, "Don't shoot, G-Men!" which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

1969 – Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.

1981 – Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.


Birthdays

1637 – Sébastien Leclerc, French painter (d. 1714)

1767 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)

1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)

1888 – T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1909 – Bill France, Sr., an American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)

1925 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)

1932 – Donna Douglas, American actress (d. 2015)

1963 – Joe Nemechek, American race car driver

1981 – Serena Williams, American tennis player


Holidays and Observance

 Johnny Appleseed Day

Well, gather 'round, folks, 'cause I'm fixin' to spin you a tale as tall as a mighty redwood! It's a yarn 'bout a fella they call Johnny Appleseed. Now, ol' Johnny, he wasn't your ordinary feller – no sir! He was a wanderin' soul with a pot on his head and a heart as big as the prairie sky. He roamed this land here, scatterin' apple seeds like gold nuggets.

You see, Johnny Appleseed didn't just plant your run-of-the-mill apple trees. Oh no, these trees were like magic! They sprouted up from the ground wherever Johnny stepped, producing apples sweeter than honey in a beehive. Folks say he could talk to critters and had a sixth sense for planting their trees in just the right spots. He braved wild beasts, crossed treacherous rivers, and even danced with tornadoes, all in the name of sharin' the bounty of apples with the good folks settlin' the frontier.

Now, some might say Johnny Appleseed was just a man, but I reckon he was a legend, a symbol of all that's pure and wild in this great land of ours. So, the next time you bite into a crisp, juicy apple, remember the tale of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderin' hero who sowed the seeds of plenty and became a legend as tall as the tallest tree in the heartland.


Others Include

Compliance Officer Day 

European Day of Languages 

Human Resource Professional Day 

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 

Lumberjack Day 

Mesothelioma Awareness Day

National Better Breakfast Day 

National Dumpling Day 

National Pancake Day

National Voter Registration Day  

National Woman Road Warrior Day  

Record Store Day 

Shamu the Whale Day 

Situational Awareness Day 

World Contraception Day


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