september 26 in history: what happened to that day
The British navigator and pirate Francis Drake in 1580 on the four-masted flagship galion "Golden Hynd" returned to Plymouth from a round-the-world journey (the second after the voyage of Magellan), the purpose of which was to search for new lands and undermine the sea power of Spain
British navigator and pirate Francis Drake in 1580 on the four-masted flagship gallion "Golden Hynd" returned to Plymouth from a trip around the world (the second after the voyage of Magellan), the purpose of which was to search for new lands and undermine the sea power of Spain.
In 1887, Emile Berliner filed a patent application for a device he called a gramophone.
In 1960, Fidel Castro gave the longest speech in the history of the United Nations. It lasted 4 hours and 29 minutes.
And in 1977, the first current was given by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
On September 26, English botanist and doctor, founder of plant anatomy Nehemiah Gru (1641); Russian historian, public figure, ideologist of Slavophilism Dmitry Valuev (1820); American artist Arthur Bowen Davis (1863); Soviet and Russian illustrator, author of the image of the Olympic Bear, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Viktor Chizhikov (1935).
