September 26
1777 - British troops occupied Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War.
1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State.
1820 - Frontiersman Daniel Boone died in Missouri.
1914 - The Federal Trade Commission was established.
1950 - United Nations troops recaptured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the North Koreans during the Korean War.
1954 - The Japanese commercial ferry Toya Maru sank during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, claiming nearly 1,200 lives.
1960 - Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy took part in the first televised presidential debate.
1986 - William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th chief justice and Antonin Scalia was sworn in as the 103rd justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1990 - The Motion Picture Association of America announced it had created a new rating, NC-17, to replace the X rating.
1991 - Four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Arizona, called Biosphere 2; they emerged from Biosphere 2 on this date in 1993.
2000 - Thousands of anti-globalization protesters clashed with police during demonstrations against an International Monetary Fund/World Bank summit in Prague.
2005 - Army Pfc. Lynndie England was convicted by a military jury in Fort Hood, Texas, on six of seven counts stemming from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.
2020 - President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, to the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Barrett would be confirmed the following month.)
2022 - The NASA spacecraft Dart rammed an asteroid at blistering speed in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.
Birthdays
24 - Carrington Durham (model/actress)
24 - Tan Feelz (singer)
28 - Mina Le (model)
29 - Chloe Burrows (reality star)
32 - Megan McKenna (reality star)
36 - Buddy Matthews (professional wrestler)
39 - Talulah Riley (actress)
41 - Zoe Perry (actress)
42 - Damian Priest (professional wrestler)
43 - Asuka (professional wrestler)
43 - Christina Milian (singer/actress)
43 - Serena Williams (tennis player)
52 - Melanie Paxson (actress)
52 - Shawn Stockman (singer)
56 - Jim Caviezel (actor)
62 - Melissa Sue Anderson (actress)
68 - Linda Hamilton (actress)
70 - Cesar Rosas (singer)
75 - Jane Smiley (author)
79 - Bryan Ferry (singer)
80 - Anne Robinson (TV host)
83 - David Frizzell (singer)
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Today in Sports History - September 26
1919 - The St. Louis Browns defeated the New York Yankees 6-2 in a game that lasted 55 minutes. The game was the second game of a doubleheader.
1961 - Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hits his 60th home run of the year, tying Babe Ruth's single season MLB record.
1962 - Maury Wills (LA Dodgers) became the first player to steal 100 bases. He ended the season with 104.
1981 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) became the first player to pitch five no-hitters with a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1983 - The Australia II won the America's Cup, marking the first time in 132 years that a U.S. yacht had lost the cup.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals extended his single season home run record with his 67th and 68th on the year.
2012 - The National Football League and the NFL Referees Association reached an agreement to end an ongoing referee lockout. On June 4, 2012, the NFL had announced it would be hiring replacement officials after a failed attempts to resolve a labor dispute.
2021 - The United States regains the Ryder Cup with a 19-9 victory over Team Europe.
1777 - British troops occupied Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War.
1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State.
1820 - Frontiersman Daniel Boone died in Missouri.
1914 - The Federal Trade Commission was established.
1950 - United Nations troops recaptured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the North Koreans during the Korean War.
1954 - The Japanese commercial ferry Toya Maru sank during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, claiming nearly 1,200 lives.
1960 - Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy took part in the first televised presidential debate.
1986 - William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th chief justice and Antonin Scalia was sworn in as the 103rd justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1990 - The Motion Picture Association of America announced it had created a new rating, NC-17, to replace the X rating.
1991 - Four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Arizona, called Biosphere 2; they emerged from Biosphere 2 on this date in 1993.
2000 - Thousands of anti-globalization protesters clashed with police during demonstrations against an International Monetary Fund/World Bank summit in Prague.
2005 - Army Pfc. Lynndie England was convicted by a military jury in Fort Hood, Texas, on six of seven counts stemming from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.
2020 - President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, to the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Barrett would be confirmed the following month.)
2022 - The NASA spacecraft Dart rammed an asteroid at blistering speed in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.
Birthdays
24 - Carrington Durham (model/actress)
24 - Tan Feelz (singer)
28 - Mina Le (model)
29 - Chloe Burrows (reality star)
32 - Megan McKenna (reality star)
36 - Buddy Matthews (professional wrestler)
39 - Talulah Riley (actress)
41 - Zoe Perry (actress)
42 - Damian Priest (professional wrestler)
43 - Asuka (professional wrestler)
43 - Christina Milian (singer/actress)
43 - Serena Williams (tennis player)
52 - Melanie Paxson (actress)
52 - Shawn Stockman (singer)
56 - Jim Caviezel (actor)
62 - Melissa Sue Anderson (actress)
68 - Linda Hamilton (actress)
70 - Cesar Rosas (singer)
75 - Jane Smiley (author)
79 - Bryan Ferry (singer)
80 - Anne Robinson (TV host)
83 - David Frizzell (singer)
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Today in Sports History - September 26
1919 - The St. Louis Browns defeated the New York Yankees 6-2 in a game that lasted 55 minutes. The game was the second game of a doubleheader.
1961 - Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hits his 60th home run of the year, tying Babe Ruth's single season MLB record.
1962 - Maury Wills (LA Dodgers) became the first player to steal 100 bases. He ended the season with 104.
1981 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) became the first player to pitch five no-hitters with a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1983 - The Australia II won the America's Cup, marking the first time in 132 years that a U.S. yacht had lost the cup.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals extended his single season home run record with his 67th and 68th on the year.
2012 - The National Football League and the NFL Referees Association reached an agreement to end an ongoing referee lockout. On June 4, 2012, the NFL had announced it would be hiring replacement officials after a failed attempts to resolve a labor dispute.
2021 - The United States regains the Ryder Cup with a 19-9 victory over Team Europe.