Right now is Friday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2025. There are 96 days left within the yr.
Right now in historical past:
On Sept. 26, 1991, 4 males and 4 ladies started a two-year keep inside a sealed-off construction in Oracle, Arizona, known as Biosphere 2; they emerged from Biosphere 2 on this date in 1993.
Additionally on this date:
In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia through the American Revolution.
In 1954, the Japanese business ferry Toya Maru sank throughout a hurricane within the Tsugaru Strait, claiming greater than 1,150 lives.
In 1960, the primary nationally televised debate between presidential candidates befell as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon confronted off in Chicago.
In 1986, William H. Rehnquist was sworn in because the sixteenth chief justice of the USA, whereas Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Courtroom as its 103rd member. Rehnquist died in 2005 and Scalia in 2016.
In 1990, the Movement Image Affiliation of America introduced it had created a brand new score, NC-17, to exchange the X score.
In 2000, 1000’s of anti-globalization protesters clashed with police in demonstrations throughout a summit of the Worldwide Financial Fund and the World Financial institution in Prague.
In 2005, Military Pfc. Lynndie England was convicted by a army jury in Fort Hood, Texas, on six of seven counts stemming from the Abu Ghraib jail abuse scandal.
In 2020, President Donald Trump nominated Decide Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Courtroom to fill the seat left vacant by the demise of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Barrett could be confirmed the next month.)
In 2022, NASA’s Dart mission grew to become the primary spacecraft to ram an asteroid in a costume rehearsal for deflecting an area object’s trajectory.
In 2024, Helene, a significant Class 4 hurricane, made landfall in Florida’s Massive Bend area. It went on to chop a swath throughout Georgia and South Carolina earlier than triggering historic flooding in North Carolina and Tennessee, inflicting an estimated $78 billion in harm and 219 deaths.
Right now’s Birthdays:
- Nation singer David Frizzell is 84.
- Tv host Anne Robinson is 81.
- Singer Bryan Ferry is 80.
- Writer Jane Smiley is 76.
- Singer-guitarist Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) is 71.
- Actor Linda Hamilton is 69.
- Actor Melissa Sue Anderson is 63.
- Actor Jim Caviezel (kuh-VEE’-zuhl) is 57.
- Singer Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Males) is 53.
- Hockey Corridor of Famers Daniel and Henrik Sedin are 45.
- Tennis participant Serena Williams is 44.
- Singer-actor Christina Milian (MIHL’-ee-ahn) is 44.
- Actor Zoe Perry is 42.
