September 26

September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining.

Births:

• 1729 - [Moses Mendelssohn]?, philosopher
• 1774 - [Johnny Appleseed]?, aka John Chapman
• 1888 - T. S. Eliot, American/British? poet
• 1889 - [Martin Heidegger]?, German philosopher
• 1897 - Pope Paul VI
• 1898 - [George Gershwin]?, American composer

Deaths:

• 1945 - Béla Bartók, aged 64, Hungarian composer

Events:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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