Today in History

September 26

1907 - New Zealand becomes a self-governing dominion within the British Commonwealth.

1941 - The US Army Military Police Corps is established.

1950 - United Nations forces recapture Seoul.

1959 - Sri Lankan Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is assassinated.

1990 - Italian author Alberto Moravia dies at the age of 83. 1991 - Romanian Prime Minister Petre Roman is forced to resign after miners riot.

2006 - Romania and Bulgaria win clearance to join the European Union in 2008.

2011 - Emirati footballer Diab Awana is killed in a road accident in Abu Dhabi.

2017 - Saudi Arabia issues a decree to allow women to drive.

2019 - Former French President Jacques Chirac dies at the age of 86.