Time: 2024-09-26
On this date in history, British military_personnel busy Philadelphia in 1777. In 1934, Britain's Queen Mary confer her name on Cunard-White Star Line's new ocean liner in a christening ceremony in Scotland. Furthermore, the U.N. military_personnel take the South Korean capital of Seoul from North Korean force in 1950. The first telecast presidential argument air_out in 1960, have campaigner John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. Additionally, in 1983, the yacht Australia II South_Korean_won the America's Cup from the United States, ending the long winning streak in sport -- 132 years.
people Born on this date include frontier gardener"Johnny Appleseed"Chapman in 1774, research_worker Ivan Pavlov in 1849, writer T.S. Eliot in 1888, philosopher Martin Heidegger in 1889, Pope Paul VI in 1897, musician George Gershwin in 1898, South African militant Winnie Mandela in 1936, movie manufacturer Jerry Weintraub in 1937, and actor Kent McCord in 1942. other luminary birth on this date are television personality Anne Robinson in 1944, musician Lynn Anderson in 1947, and actor Mary Beth Hurt in 1946. Additionally, musician / actor Olivia Newton-John was Born in 1948, writer Jane Smiley in 1949, and musician Cesar Rosas ( Los Lobos ) in 1954.
On September 26, 2009, Typhoon Ketsana brush across the Philippines, killing about 500 people and causing the state's worst implosion_therapy in almost half a century. The storm then slam into Southeast Asia and kill 163 people in Vietnam. In 1992, a Nigerian Air Force conveyance airplane crash into a swamp shortly after takeoff from Lagos airport, killing all 158 people on board. Moreover, in 1996, the space shuttlecock Atlantis land, return astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her record-breakage six-calendar_month stay aboard the Mir space station.
look ahead, in 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, know as DART, successfully slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in its first planetal defense trial that could protect Earth from future menace. This significant milestone in space exploration show humanity's committedness to safeguard the planet from potential cosmic hazard. As we move forward, continue attempt in space research and technology development will play a crucial function in guarantee the safety and security of our world.