How Many Days Until September 26?

This day in history: September 26

1. 1968

   The Beatles completed the recording of John Lennon's song "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", regarded by all the band members as their favourite on the album The Beatles.

2. 1983

   Cold War: Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war by identifying as a false alarm signals that appeared to indicate an impending U.S. missile attack.

3. 1983

   The racing yacht Australia II, captained by John Bertrand, won the America's Cup and ended the New York Yacht Club's 132-year defence of the trophy.

4. 2008

   Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy flew a wingpack powered by jet engines across the English Channel.

5. 2010

   Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

6. 2014

   Forty-three students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Iguala, Mexico, were kidnapped and probably later killed.

7. 2016

   The Ecnomiohyla rabborum became extinct when the last known surviving member died in captivity.

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