On this day: 26 September

Selected events and births on 26 September, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1087 – William II, son of William the Conqueror, was crowned king of England. Read more: William II of England William the Conqueror List of English monarchs
• 1493 – Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Dudum siquidem, one of the Bulls of Donation, marking the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Read more: Pope Alexander VI Papal bull Dudum siquidem
• 1907 – The British colony of New Zealand officially became a dominion to reflect its political independence since the 1850s. Read more: Colony of New Zealand Dominion of New Zealand
• 1928 – The Republic of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh (designer pictured) as the official system for romanization of Mandarin Chinese. Read more: Nationalist government Gwoyeu Romatzyh Romanization of Chinese
• 1983 – The racing yacht Australia II, captained by John Bertrand, won the America's Cup and ended the New York Yacht Club's 132-year defence of the trophy. Read more: Yacht racing Australia II John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946)
• 2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy flew a wingpack powered by jet engines across the English Channel. Read more: Yves Rossy Jet pack English Channel

Born on this day

• 1944 – Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona Read more: Jan Brewer List of governors of Arizona
• 1965 – Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine Read more: Petro Poroshenko President of Ukraine
• 1979 – Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia Read more: Taavi Rõivas Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1994 – Jack Conger, American swimmer Read more: Jack Conger
• 1995 – Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer Read more: Miloš Veljković
• 1997 – Özge Yağız, Turkish actress Read more: Özge Yağız
• 2000 – Frankie Amaya, American soccer player Read more: Frankie Amaya
• 2000 – Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess Read more: Princess Salma bint Abdullah
• 2001 – João Pedro, Brazilian footballer Read more: João Pedro (footballer, born 2001)
• 2001 – Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player Read more: Wang Xinyu
• 2003 – Jane Remover, American musician Read more: Jane Remover
• 2006 – Myles Lewis-Skelly, English footballer Read more: Myles Lewis-Skelly

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