Volume 13 , Issue 39

This Day In History (September 26)

On This day: September 26 . . .

On Sept. 26, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in Chicago as Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off. Go to Article

On Sept. 26, 1897, Paul VI, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978, was born. Following his death on Aug. 6, 1978, his obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary.

• 1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first secretary of state and John Jay the first chief justice.
• 1888 - Poet T.S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, Mo.
• 1898 - Composer George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York.
• 1914 - The Federal Trade Commission was established.
• 1950 - United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans.
• 1957 - The musical "West Side Story" opened on Broadway.
• 1969 - The album "Abbey Road" by the Beatles was released.
• 2006 - Former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in the fallen energy company's bankruptcy.

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