About the day » Friday September 26, 2008Calender converter

• Charissa Steenbergen, Apeldoorn

• Cornelia (Corrie) Osinga (96), Zeeland, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Barellina Pater (84), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Edward Dowell Shaffield (96), Loxley, Baldwin, Alabama, United States
• "Paul" Leonard Newman (83), Westport, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Cisca Staal (35)
• Alice Lucie LIOEN (89), Ledegem Belgie
• Chris Voorthuizen (83), Beverwijk
• Aaltje Kroezen (91), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arend Jan Riphagen 9 (71), Epe
• Ale Pieters Veenje (76), Oosterend

• 1989 » Chinami Suzuki, Japanese model, television host, and actress
• 1991 » Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer
• 1991 » Dan Preston, English footballer
• 1991 » Réka Demeter, Hungarian football defender
• 1992 » Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress
• 1993 » Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player
• 1994 » Jack Conger, American swimmer
• 1994 » Lucas Gafarot, Spanish footballer
• 1995 » Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
• 2000 » Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess

• 2004 » Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
• 2005 » Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
• 2008 » Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (b. 1925)
• 2010 » Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2010 » Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978)
• 2011 » Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (b. 1949)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
• February 14 » Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
• February 23 » A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
• May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
• July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
• September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
• October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.

The temperature on September 26, 2008 was between 5.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.