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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 26th September 2018   
   26 Sep 18 03:13:15   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-g4f-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1777 - British General William Howe occupies Philadelphia during American   
   Revolution   
      
   1921 - Yankee Ruth hits HRs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7   
      
   1946 - 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993   
      
   1954 - Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600   
      
   1970 - A groups of Protestant youths attack the Catholic Unity Flats as   
   rioting continues in the Protestant Shankill Road area   
      
   1997 - An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche,   
   causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1877 - Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (d. 1963)   
      
   1914 - Jack LaLanne, exercise mogul (Juice Tiger)   
      
   1930 - Fritz Wunderlich, Kusel Germany, tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58)   
      
   1970 - Rachel Jacobs, actress (It's Not Easy), born in Ririe, Idaho   
      
   1972 - Shawn Stockman, [Slim], rapper (Boyz II Men), born in Philadelphia,   
   Pennsylvania   
      
   1988 - Lilly Singh, Canadian YouTube vlogger (IISuperwomanII), born in    
   Scarborough, Toronto   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1902 - Levi Strauss, American clothing manufacturer, dies at 73   
      
   1936 - Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75   
      
   1961 - Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67   
      
   1965 - Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (did next to   
   nothling in Aust), dies at 65   
      
   1966 - Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62   
      
   1976 - Leopold RužiÄ   
   ka, Croatian-Swiss chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 89   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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