September 26 in History

The Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child, adopted by the League of Nations in 1924, was the first international statement to say that children have special rights and that adults carry responsibilities toward them. It was short and non-binding, but it set out a principle that later shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

In September 1983, the Australian yacht Australia II defeated the American defender Liberty in the America's Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history. The New York Yacht Club had held the trophy since the schooner America won it off the Isle of Wight in 1851, and for 132 years every challenger had failed. The result broke that run and changed how the competition was organized, funded, and followed around the world.