September 26. Sir Francis Drake completes Earth's circumnavigation in 1580.

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September 26, 1580. Sir Francis Drake completes Earth's circumnavigation.Woodcut of the eruption of Vesuvius, a scene from the series 'Drake's Voyanges,' from circa 1800.

September 26. Sir Francis Drake completes Earth's circumnavigation in 1580.

September 27. Whit Wyatt is born in 1907.

September 26. Bobby Shantz is born in 1925.