Historical Events for 26th September 2025

1665 – Height of the Great Plague of London as 7,165 people die throughout the previous week
1835 – Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “Lucia di Lammermoor” premieres at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now Italy)
1916 – Bishop speaks against Catholics in trade unions
1923 – The Commonwealth Conference is held in London, where Britain recognizes the right of the Dominions to make treaties with foreign powers
1968 – Theater censorship ends in Britain
1992 – Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova 7-5, 6-3 in a battle of the sexes
2014 – 43 students from Ayotzinapa Teachers College go missing and are presumed murdered in Iguala on their way to a protest, one of Mexico’s worst human rights cases
2021 – Ryder Cup Golf, Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin: United States regain title beating Team Europe by a record, 19-9; Dustin Johnson 5-0-0

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