September 26 - The Day in History

September 26 : General Interest 1960: First Kennedy-Nixon debate For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates is shown on television... read more American Revolution 1776 : Congress elects agents to negotiate treaty with France http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-elects-agents-to-negotiate-treaty-with-france Automotive 1928 : First day of work at the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-day-of-work-at-the-galvin-manufacturing-corporation Civil War 1864 : Rebels begin attack against Fort Davidson, Missouri http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-at-pilot-knob-missouri Cold War 1989 : Anti-censorship law approved by Soviet legislature http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anti-censorship-law-approved-by-soviet-legislature Crime 2007 : Mistrial declared in Phil Spector murder case http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mistrial-declared-in-phil-spector-murder-case Disaster 2002 : Ferry sinks off Gambian coast http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ferry-sinks-off-gambian-coast General Interest 1580 : Drake circumnavigates the globe http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/drake-circumnavigates-the-globe 1957 : Bernstein's West Side Story opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bernsteins-west-side-story-opens 1996 : Shannon Lucid returns to Earth http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shannon-lucid-returns-to-earth Hollywood 1969 : The Brady Bunch premieres http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-brady-bunch-premieres 2008 : Screen legend Paul Newman dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/screen-legend-paul-newman-dies Literary 1888 : T.S. Eliot is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ts-eliot-is-born Music 1957 : West Side Story premieres on Broadway http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/west-side-story-premieres-on-broadway Old West 1820 : The famous frontiersman Daniel Boone dies in Missouri http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-famous-frontiersman-daniel-boone-dies-in-missouri Presidential 1960 : Kennedy and Nixon square off in a televised presidential debate http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-and-nixon-square-off-in-a-televised-presidential-debate Sports 1971 : Four 20-game winners http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/four-20-game-winners Vietnam War 1945 : First American soldier killed in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-american-soldier-killed-in-vietnam 1969 : Nixon responds to critics http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-responds-to-critics World War I 1918 : Meuse-Argonne offensive opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meuse-argonne-offensive-opens World War II 1944 : Allies slaughtered by Germans in Arnhem http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-slaughtered-by-germans-in-arnhem

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