Today in History for 26th September 2025

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Historical Events

1509 - Storm surge causes the second Cosmas and Damian flood in East Friesland and the Netherlands, destroying dykes and devastating coastal towns
1963 - First edition of the New York Review of Books
1974 - Apple Records releases John Lennon's fifth studio album, "Walls and Bridges," in the US, featuring the No. 1 single "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" (with Elton John) and "#9 Dream"
2019 - WHO announces 800,000 children in DR Congo will be vaccinated in nine days in the world's largest measles epidemic that has taken over 3,500 lives
2024 - Poverty in Argentina rises to more than half (52.9%), up from 41.7% in six months, for its population of 46 million, with inflation at 230%, according to new figures

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Famous Birthdays

1750 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England (d. 1810)
1823 - Ivan Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh), born in Nadezhdino, Belebey Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate (d. 1889)
1925 - Shirley Wilson, American football coach (Elon University 1967-76; Duke University 1979-82; 88–61–3), born in Madison, North Carolina (d. 2021)
1967 - Craig Janney, American NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1968 - Anthony Shadid, New York Times foreign correspondent and two time Pulitzer winner, born in Oklahoma City (d. 2012)

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Famous Deaths

1944 - Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, dies at 64
1945 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist, composer (Concerto for Orchestra), and ethnomusicologist, dies of leukemia at 64
1961 - Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67
1989 - Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
2019 - William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate, theologian, and educator (Archbishop of San Francisco, 1995-2005; Archbishop of Portland, 1985-95), dies at 83

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