Today in History
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1959 Typhoon Vera hits Japan
The category five typhoon is thought to be the strongest typhoon to impact the island country in rec
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1917 Battle of Polygon Wood begins
Fought during World War I between the British and Australian troops and German army near Ypres in Be
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1914 Establishment of Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent government agency in the US, responsible for cons
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1810 Swedish Act of Succession is passed
The Swedish Act of Succession, also known as the 1810 Act of Succession was adopted by the Riksdag o
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1786 Protestors shut down the court in Springfield, Massachusetts starting the Shay's Rebellion
Named after the rebellion's leader Daniel Shays, the revolt began as a response to an economic cris
Births On This Day,
September, 26
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1981 Serena Williams
American tennis player
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1943 Ian Chappell
Australian cricketer
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1897 Pope Paul VI
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1889 Martin Heidegger
German philosopher
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1888 T. S. Eliot
American/English publisher, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths On This Day,
September, 26
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2008 Paul Newman
American actor, director, race car driver, businessman, co-founded Newman's Own
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2003 Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter, guitarist
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1959 Leslie Morshead
Australian soldier, businessman, educator
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1945 Béla Bartók
Hungarian pianist, composer
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1820 Daniel Boone
American explorer
