Today In History
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2018. There are 96 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1960: The first-ever debate between presidential nominees took place as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off before a national TV audience from Chicago.
ON THIS DATE
› 1789: Thomas Jefferson was confirmed by the Senate to be the first United States secretary of state; John Jay, the first chief justice; Edmund Randolph, the first attorney general.
› 1957: The musical play “West Side Story” opened on Broadway.
› 1962: Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 100th base during a 13-1 victory over the Houston Colt .45s. “The Beverly Hillbillies” premiered on CBS.
› 1986: William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th chief justice of the United States, while Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Court as its 103rd member.
› 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 twoyear stay inside a sealedoff structure in Oracle, Ariz., called Biosphere 2. (They emerged from Biosphere on this date in 1993.)
› 2003: President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a two-day summit at Camp David.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Retired baseball AllStar Bobby Shantz is 93. Actor Philip Bosco is 88. Actor Richard Herd is
86. Country singer David Frizzell is 77. Singer Olivia Newton-John is
70. Actor James Keane is
66. Rock singer-musician Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) is 64. Country singer Carlene Carter is 63. Actress Linda Hamilton is
62. Country singer Doug Supernaw is 58. Rhythm and blues singer Cindy Herron (En Vogue) is
57. Actress Melissa Sue Anderson is 56. Rock musician Al Pitrelli is
56. Singer Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) is 56. TV personality Jillian Barberie is 52. Actor Ben Shenkman is 50. Actress Melanie Paxon is
46. Singer Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) is 46. Music producer Dr. Luke is 45. Jazz musician Nicholas Payton is 45. Actor Mark Famiglietti is 39. Tennis player Serena Williams is 37. Actress Zoe Perry is 35.