Today In History

Today in History: Monday, September  26, 2016
AP Highlight in History:
On Sept. 26, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in Chicago as Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off.
 

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On this date in:
1789 Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first secretary of state and John Jay the first chief justice.
1888 Poet T.S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, Mo.
1898 Composer George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York.
 

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1914 The Federal Trade Commission was established.
1950 United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans.
1957 The musical “West Side Story” opened on Broadway.
1969 The album “Abbey Road” by the Beatles was released.
1986 William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th chief justice of the United States, while Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Court as an associate justice.
2000 Slobodan Milosevic conceded that his challenger, Vojislav Kostunica, had finished first in Yugoslavia’s presidential election. Milosevic declared a runoff, a move that prompted mass protests leading to his ouster.
2005 Army Pfc. Lynndie England was convicted by a military jury on six counts stemming from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.
2005 International weapons inspectors announced the Irish Republican Army’s full disarmament.
2007 Myanmar began a violent crackdown on protests, beating and dragging away dozens of monks.
Today’s Birthdays:
Tennis player Serena Williams turns 35 years old today.
 

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Name Profession Age
Philip Bosco Actor 86
Kent McCord Actor (“Adam 12”) 74
Jan Brewer Governor of Arizona 72
Bryan Ferry Rock singer (Roxy Music) 71
Mary Beth Hurt Actress 70
Christie Todd Whitman Former EPA administrator, former N.J. governor 70
Lynn Anderson Singer 69
Olivia Newton-John Actress, singer (“Grease”) 68
Cesar Rosas Rock musician (Los Lobos) 62
Linda Hamilton Actress 60
Melissa Sue Anderson Actress (“Little House on the Prairie”) 54
Ben Shenkman Actor 48
R&B singer-actress Christina Milian turns 35 years old today.
 

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