1817 – Died Abraham Gottlob Werner, a Dutch geologist.
1905 - Albert Einstein refers to the article "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper", which introduced the special theory of relativity. The article will be published on September 26.
1916 – Died Gaston Maspero, an Italian Egyptologist.
1942 – Was born Robert Ballard, an American oceanographer.
1987 - The European Commission has published the Green Telecommunication Book.
1990 - Zaire celebrates thirty years of independence, but for the first time without a Belgian delegation.
