{"id":28673,"date":"2016-09-26T09:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28673"},"modified":"2016-09-26T09:20:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T14:20:29","slug":"28673","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28673","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Monday, September\u00a0 26, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn 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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1789<\/td>\nThomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first secretary of state and John Jay the first chief justice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1888<\/td>\nPoet T.S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, Mo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1898<\/td>\nComposer George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1914<\/td>\nThe Federal Trade Commission was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nUnited Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\nThe musical “West Side Story” opened on Broadway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nThe album “Abbey Road” by the Beatles was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nWilliam 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nSlobodan 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nArmy Pfc. Lynndie England was convicted by a military jury on six counts stemming from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nInternational weapons inspectors announced the Irish Republican Army’s full disarmament.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nMyanmar began a violent crackdown on protests, beating and dragging away dozens of monks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Tennis player Serena Williams turns 35 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Philip Bosco<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent McCord<\/td>\nActor (“Adam 12”)<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan Brewer<\/td>\nGovernor of Arizona<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bryan Ferry<\/td>\nRock singer (Roxy Music)<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Beth Hurt<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christie Todd Whitman<\/td>\nFormer EPA administrator, former N.J. governor<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lynn Anderson<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olivia Newton-John<\/td>\nActress, singer (“Grease”)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cesar Rosas<\/td>\nRock musician (Los Lobos)<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linda Hamilton<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissa Sue Anderson<\/td>\nActress (“Little House on the Prairie”)<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Shenkman<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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R&B singer-actress Christina Milian turns 35 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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