Historical Events for 26th September 2026

1371 – A small Ottoman force makes a devastating surprise night raid on the Serbian camp by the Maritsa River, killing thousands of drunken soldiers, including Serbian King Vukašin Mrnjav?evi? and his brother, Despot Jovan Uglješa
1824 – Kapiolani defies Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, and lives
1901 – Boer General Botha fails to capture Fort Itala in Natal
1917 – British assault on Menin Street, France
1979 – 1984 Summer Los Angeles Olympic coverage is sold to ABC for $225 million
1993 – French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes second in the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril to clinch his fourth F1 World Drivers’ Championship; after the race, Prost announces his retirement at the end of the season
1994 – Switzerland bans racist propaganda
2019 – Abortion is decriminalized in New South Wales, the last remaining Australian state to do so

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