Francis Drake’s Circumnavigation of the Globe

On September 26, 1580

Sir Frances Drake completed his famous circumnavigation of the world when he sailed into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind.

This Day in History - September 26

2004

Ed Whitlock became the world's first person over the age of 70 to run a marathon in under 3 hours.

2019

The World Health Organization announced that they would give measles vaccinations to 800,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1983

Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov narrowly escaped the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft explosion.

1687

The famous Parthenon building in Athens, Greece, was damaged due to an attack by the Venetian army attempting to remove Turks who turned the building into a mosque.

1949

The iconic Hollywoodland sign was changed to just Hollywood as we know it today.

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