This is our day guide for Tuesday September 26th 2017 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
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| General Information for September 26th 2017 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 269 of 2017 | |
| 96 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 39 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1984 - The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong | |
| 1983 - Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. | |
| 1973 - Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time. | |
| 1687 - The greatest of the Greek temples, the Parthenon in Athens, is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by bombing by the Venetian as they besieged the Ottoman Turks. |