September 27
September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the
Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining.
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489 -
Odoacer attacks
Theodoric at the
Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
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1331 - the
Battle of Plowce between the
Kingdom of Poland and the
Teutonic Order took place.
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1540 - The
Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from
Pope Paul III.
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1590 -
Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the
Pope, making his reign
the shortest papacy in history.
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1605 - The armies of
Sweden are utterly defeated by the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the
Battle of Kircholm*
1787 - The
United States Constitution is delivered to the
states for
ratification.
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1821 -
Mexico gains its independence from
Spain.
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1822 -
Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the
Rosetta stone.
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1825 - The
Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of
locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
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1854 - The steamship
Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the
Atlantic Ocean.
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1903 -
Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
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1905 -
Albert Einstein publishes the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" in
Annalen der Physik. This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.
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1928 - The
Republic of China is recognized by the
United States.
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1937 - Last
Balinese Tiger killed.
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1938 -
Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in
Glasgow.
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1940 - The
Tripartite Pact is signed in
Berlin by
Germany,
Japan and
Italy.
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1941 - The
SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700
Liberty ships.
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1942 -
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the
US Army.
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1949 - The first Plenary Session of the
National People's Congress approves the design of the
Flag of the People's Republic of China.
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1954 - The nationwide debut of
Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by
Steve Allen on
NBC.
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1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main
Japanese island of
Honshu as the result of a
typhoon.
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1964 - The
Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that
Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President
John F. Kennedy.
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1968 - The stage musical
Hair opened at the
Shaftesbury Theatre in
London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof's collapsing in July
1973.
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1977 - The 300 metre tall CKVR-TV transmission tower in
Barrie,
Ontario,
Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
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1979 - The
United States Department of Education receives final approval from the
U.S. Congress to become the 13th US
Cabinet agency.
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1980 -
Marvin Hagler defeats
Alan Minter to claim
boxing's world Middleweight championship in
London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
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1983 -
Richard Stallman announces the
GNU project to develop a free
Unix-like operating system.
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1985 -
Hurricane Gloria hits
Long Island,
New York.
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1988 - The
National League for Democracy, led by
Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
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1995 - The
Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of
Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
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1996 - In
Afghanistan, the
Taliban capture the capital city
Kabul after driving out President
Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader
Mohammad Najibullah.
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1997 - Communications are lost with the
Mars Pathfinder for unknown reasons.
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1998 -
Google is first established
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1999 - The last professional
baseball game is played at historic
Tiger Stadium in
Detroit,
Michigan.
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2002 -
Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the
United Nations.
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2003 -
Smart 1 is launched.
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2004 -
Virgin Group announces a joint venture with
Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build
VSS Enterprise for
commercial spaceflight and a new company called
Virgin Galactic.
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2005 -
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 is released.
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1275 -
John II of Brabant (d.
1312)
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1389 -
Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence (d.
1464)
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1601 - King
Louis XIII of France (d.
1643)
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1627 -
Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop (d.
1704)
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1643 -
Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman
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1696 -
Alphonsus Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (d.
1787)
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1719 -
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d.
1800)
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1722 -
Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d.
1803)
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1729 -
Michael Denis, Austrian poet (d.
1800)
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1803 -
Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d.
1865)
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1805 -
George Müller, Prussian orphanage builder (d.
1898)
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1818 -
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d.
1884)
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1821 -
Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (d.
1881)
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1824 -
William "Bull" Nelson, American Civil War general (d.
1862)
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1830 -
William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general (d.
1887)
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1840 -
Thomas Nast, German-born political cartoonist (d.
1902)
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1842 -
Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (d.
1903)
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1843 -
Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d.
1913)
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1866 -
Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic
Blessed (d.
1932)
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1871 -
Grazia Deledda, Italian writer,
Nobel laureate (d.
1936)
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1879 -
Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (d.
1934)
* 1879 -
Cyril Scott, English composer (d.
1970)
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1885 -
Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d.
1965)
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1894 -
Lothar von Richthofen German pilot (d.
1922)
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1896 -
Sam Ervin, American politician (d.
1985)
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1906 -
William Empson, British poet (d.
1984)
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1907 -
Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher (d.
2003)
* 1907 -
Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d.
1931)
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1913 -
Albert Ellis, American psychologist
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1918 -
Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer,
Nobel laureate (d.
1984)
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1919 -
James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d.
1986)
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1920 -
William Conrad, American actor (d.
1994)
* 1920 -
Jayne Meadows, American actress
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1922 -
Carl Ballantine, American actor
* 1922 -
Arthur Penn, American director
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1924 -
Bernard Waber, American author
*1924 -
Fred Singer, American scientist
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1927 -
Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist
*1927 -
Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d.
2006)
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1932 -
Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d.
1986)
* 1932 -
Michael Colvin, Canadian singer
* 1932 -
Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
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1933 -
Will Sampson, American actor (d.
1987)
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1934 -
Wilford Brimley, American actor
* 1934 -
Claude Jarman Jr., American actor
* 1934 -
Dick Schaap, American sports reporter (d.
2001)
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1936 -
Don Cornelius, American television host
* 1936 -
Gordon Honeycombe, British playwright
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1939 -
Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
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1942 -
Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist
* 1942 -
Alvin Stardust, English singer
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1943 -
Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
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1945 -
Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d.
2003)
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1946 -
Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d.
1999)
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1947 -
Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer
* 1947 -
Meat Loaf, American singer
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1948 -
Michele Dotrice, English actor
* 1948 -
A. Martinez, American actor
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1949 -
Graham Richardson, Australian politician
* 1949 -
Mike Schmidt, baseball player
* 1949 -
Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer
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1951 -
Jim Shooter, American comic book writer
* 1951 -
Paul Craig, British law professor
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1952 -
Dumitru Prunariu, Soviet cosmonaut
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1953 -
Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
* 1953 -
Mick Wagner, American monologist
* 1953 -
Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader
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1958 -
Shaun Cassidy, American singer
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1961 -
Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
* 1961 -
Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor
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1965 -
Steve Kerr, Lebanese-born basketball player
* 1965 -
Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader
* 1965 -
Alexis Stewart, American radio personality
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1971 -
Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
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1972 -
Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
* 1972 -
Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
* 1972 -
Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
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1976 -
Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
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1977 -
Andrus Värnik, Estonian athlete
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1978 -
Brad Arnold, American singer (
3 Doors Down)
* 1978 -
Jon Rauch, American baseball player
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1981 -
Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
* 1981 -
Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
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1982 -
Lil Wayne, American rapper
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1984 -
Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer
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1249 - Count
Raymond VII of Toulouse (b.
1197)
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1304 -
John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English soldier
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1404 -
William of Wykeham, English bishop (b.
1320)
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1557 -
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b.
1497)
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1590 -
Pope Urban VII (b.
1521)
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1651 -
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b.
1573)
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1660 -
Vincent de Paul, French saint (b.
1580)
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1700 -
Pope Innocent XII (b.
1615)
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1719 -
George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b.
1662)
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1730 -
Laurence Eusden, English poet (b.
1688)
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1735 -
Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b.
1705)
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1737 -
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b.
1680)
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1742 -
Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b.
1672)
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1832 -
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b.
1781)
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1876 -
Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b.
1817)
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1891 -
Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b.
1812)
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1911 -
Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (b.
184)
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1917 -
Edgar Degas, French painter (b.
1834)
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1921 -
Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (b.
1854)
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1940 -
Walter Benjamin, German philosopher (b.
1892)
* 1940 -
Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist,
Nobel laureate (b.
1857)
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1944 -
Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (b.
1890)
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1956 -
Gerald Finzi, English composer (b.
1901)
* 1956 -
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (b.
1911)
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1960 -
Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette (b.
1882)
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1965 -
Clara Bow, American actress (b.
1905)
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1967 -
Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of
Rasputin (b.
1887)
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1972 -
S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b.
1892)
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1975 -
Jack Lang, Australian politician (b.
1876)
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1979 -
Dame Gracie Fields, British comedian (b.
1898)
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1981 -
Robert Montgomery, American actor (b.
1904)
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1985 -
Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b.
1902)
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1986 -
Cliff Burton, American musician (
Metallica) (b.
1962)
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1993 -
Jimmy Doolittle, American general (b.
1896)
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1996 -
Mohammad Najibullah,
President of Afghanistan (b.
1947)
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1998 -
Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b.
1991)
* 1998 -
Doak Walker, American footballer (b.
1927)
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2003 -
Donald O'Connor, American actor (b.
1925)
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2005 -
Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian (b.
1929)
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RC Saints - Saint
Vincent de Paul*
Ethiopian Orthodox Church -
Meskel*Also see
September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Ma
shíyyat (Will) - First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
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Belgium -
French Community Day
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French Republican Calendar -
Balsamine (Impatiens) Day, sixth day in the
Month of Vendémiaire*
BBC: On This DaySeptember 26 -
September 28 -
August 27 -
October 27 – more
historical anniversaries
