Birthdays
Cyrus Irving Ditty
Turns 21 on this date
Mary Eunice Harlan
Turns 14 on this date
Hiram McCullough
Turns 47 on this date
Isaac Mendenhall
Turns 54 on this date
Dwight Dwight Townsend
Turns 34 on this date
Wilbur Fisk Townsend
Turns 21 on this date
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees
Turns 33 on this date
John T. Wilkins
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Campaigning in Kansas, Senator Seward receives a hero's welcome at Lawrence | 09/26/1860 |
| US/the World | Ecuador adopts a new national flag | 09/26/1860 |
| US/the World | The Prince of Wales resumes his American tour, visiting St. Louis, Missouri |
09/26/1860 to 09/28/1860 |
| Religion/Philosophy | Yom Kippur | 09/26/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Jackson) Mississippian, "Black Republican Bible," September 26, 1860 | 09/26/1860 |
| Newspaper | San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, "The Pony Express," September 26, 1860 | 09/26/1860 |