^B{^#!16!26 September^N! Feast day of Saints Cosmas and Damian, St Nilus of Rossano, St Colman of Lann Elo, St Teresa Couderc, and St John of Meda.
^B{1687^B} The Parthenon in Athens was severely damaged by mortar bombs fired by the Venetian army as it besieged the Turkish-held Acropolis. ^B{1887^B} German-born US Emile Berliner patented the first phonograph. ^B{1907^B} New Zealand became a Dominion. ^B{1934^B} The liner ^I{Queen Mary^I} was launched at Clydebank, Scotland, by Queen Mary. ^B{1953^B} Sugar rationing in Britain came to an end. ^B{1955^B} Frozen Birds Eye fish fingers first went on sale in Britain. ^B{1961^B} Bob Dylan made his debut in New York's Greenwich Village, at Gerdie's Folk City. ^B{1983^B} Alan Bond's Australia II won the America's Cup, the first non-US winner for 132 years. ^B{1984^B} Britain agreed to transfer full sovereignty of Hong Kong to China in 1997. ^B{1988^B} Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal in the 100 meters at the Seoul Olympics after failing a drugs test.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}ThΘodore GΘricault, French painter, ^B{1791^B}; Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Russian physiologist, ^B{1849^B}; T S Eliot, US-born British poet and playwright, ^B{1888^B}; George Gershwin, US composer, ^B{1898^B}; Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer ^B{1943^B}; Bryan Ferry, English rock singer, ^B{1945^B}; Olivia Newton-John English singer, ^B{1948^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Daniel Boone, US frontiersman, ^B{1820^B}; James Keir Hardie, Scottish Labour Party pioneer, ^B{1915^B}; BΘla Bart≤k, Hungarian composer, ^B{1945^B}; Alberto Moravia, Italian writer, ^B{1990^B}.
