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Birthday September 26, 1729 Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher, critic, Bible translator |
Birthday September 26, 1774 John Chapman, AKA Johnny Appleseed |
Birthday September 26, 1888 T.S. Eliot is born |
Birthday September 26, 1888 T.S. Eliot, in St Louis, Anglican (Waste Land) (Nobel 1948) |
Birthday September 26, 1889 Martin Heidegger, German Existentialist (Being & Time) |
Birthday September 26, 1897 Paul VI, 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78) |
Birthday September 26, 1898 George Gershwin, Bkln, composer (Rhapsody in Blue) |
Birthday September 26, 1914 Jack LaLanne, Exercise mogul |
Birthday September 26, 1919 Barbara Britton |
Birthday September 26, 1926 Julie London, in Cal, singer |
Birthday September 26, 1927 Patrick O'Neal, Actor |
Birthday September 26, 1941 Julio Iglesias, singer |
Birthday September 26, 1942 Kent McCord, Actor |
Birthday September 26, 1946 Mary Beth Hurt |
Birthday September 26, 1947 Lynn Anderson, Singer |
Birthday September 26, 1948 Olivia Newton-John, in Cambridge England - Lets Get Physical |
Birthday September 26, 1948 Vladimir Remek, 1st Czechoslovakian space traveler (in Soyuz 28) |
Birthday September 26, 1962 Melissa Sue Anderson, in Cal |
History September 26, 1542 Cabrillo discovers California |
History September 26, 1580 Drake circumnavigates the globe |
History September 26, 1687 Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks & Venetians |
History September 26, 1776 Congress elects agents to negotiate treaty with France |
History September 26, 1777 British troops occupied Philadelphia in the American Revolution |
History September 26, 1789 Jefferson appointed 1st Sec of State; John Jay 1st chief justice; Samuel Osgood 1st Postmaster & Edmund J Randolph 1st Attorney Genl |
History September 26, 1820 Frontiersman Daniel Boone died in Missouri at the age of 85 |
History September 26, 1820 The famous frontiersman Daniel Boone dies in Missouri |
History September 26, 1824 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) & lives |
History September 26, 1864 Rebels begin attack against Fort Davidson, Missouri |
History September 26, 1896 John Philip Sousa led band's 1st performance in Plainfield NJ |
History September 26, 1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce |
History September 26, 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive opens |
History September 26, 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive against the Germans began during WWI |
History September 26, 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 |
History September 26, 1928 First day of work at the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation |
History September 26, 1944 Allies slaughtered by Germans in Arnhem |
History September 26, 1945 First American soldier killed in Vietnam |
History September 26, 1950 UN troops in Korean War recaptured South Korean capital of Seoul |
History September 26, 1952 Yanks clinch pennant #19 |
History September 26, 1957 Bernstein's West Side Story opens |
History September 26, 1957 West Side Story premieres on Broadway |
History September 26, 1957 Musical West Side Story opened on Broadway |
History September 26, 1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place in Chicago |
History September 26, 1960 Kennedy and Nixon square off in a televised presidential debate |
History September 26, 1961 Roger Maris hits # 60 off Jack Fisher |
History September 26, 1962 TV comedy The Beverly Hillbillies premiered on CBS |
History September 26, 1962 Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) |
History September 26, 1966 Japan launches its 1st satellite in to space |
History September 26, 1966 The Staten Island is 1st icebreaker to enter SF bay |
History September 26, 1969 Nixon responds to critics |
History September 26, 1969 Beatles release "Abbey Road" album |
History September 26, 1969 The Brady Bunch premieres |
History September 26, 1971 Four 20-game winners |
History September 26, 1973 Anna Magnani dies at age 64 |
History September 26, 1977 Sir Freddie Laker began cut-rate `Skytrain' service London to NY |
History September 26, 1980 Soyuz 38 returns to Earth |
History September 26, 1983 Australia II won the America's Cup yacht race |
History September 26, 1983 Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 |
History September 26, 1989 Anti-censorship law approved by Soviet legislature |
History September 26, 1996 Shannon Lucid returns to Earth |
History September 26, 2002 Ferry sinks off Gambian coast |
History September 26, 2007 Mistrial declared in Phil Spector murder case |
History September 26, 2008 Screen legend Paul Newman dies |