Today in History

    What happened on the 26th of September in history?

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    • 1542
      Cabrillo discovers California
    • 1687
      Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks & Venetians
    • 1777
      British troops occupied Philadelphia in the American Revolution
    • 1789
      Jefferson appointed 1st Sec of State; John Jay 1st chief justice; Samuel Osgood 1st Postmaster & Edmund J Randolph 1st Attorney Genl
    • 1820
      Frontiersman Daniel Boone died in Missouri at the age of 85
    • 1824
      Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) & lives
    • 1896
      John Philip Sousa led band's 1st performance in Plainfield NJ
    • 1914
      Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
    • 1918
      Meuse-Argonne offensive against the Germans began during WWI
    • 1926
      Shortest double header Yanks lose 6-1 in 72 minutes & lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to the Browns Yanks already clinched pennant
    • 1950
      UN troops in Korean War recaptured South Korean capital of Seoul
    • 1952
      Yanks clinch pennant #19
    • 1957
      Musical West Side Story opened on Broadway
    • 1960
      1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place in Chicago
    • 1961
      Roger Maris hits # 60 off Jack Fisher
    • 1962
      Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)
    • 1962
      TV comedy The Beverly Hillbillies premiered on CBS
    • 1966
      Japan launches its 1st satellite in to space
    • 1966
      The Staten Island is 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay
    • 1969
      Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
    • 1973
      Anna Magnani dies at age 64
    • 1977
      Sir Freddie Laker began cut-rate `Skytrain' service London to NY
    • 1980
      Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
    • 1983
      Australia II won the America's Cup yacht race
    • 1983
      Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10