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 Today's
highlight in history:
On Sept. 26 1789, Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first secretary of state.
On this date:
In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia during the American Revolution.
In 1892, John Philip Sousa and his newly formed band performed publicly for the first time, at the Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, N.J.
In 1914, the Federal Trade Commission was established.
In 1918, the Meuse-Argonne offensive against the Germans began during World War I.
In 1955, following word that President Eisenhower had suffered a heart attack, the New York Stock Exchange saw its worst price decline since 1929.
In 1957, the musical play "West Side Story" opened on Broadway.
In 1960, the first debate between presidential candidates took place as John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon faced off in Chicago before a national TV audience.
In 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.
In 1991, four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Ariz., called Biosphere 2. (They emerged from Biosphere on this date in 1993.)
In 1997, an Indonesian Airbus A-300 crashed while approaching Medan Airport in north Sumatra, killing all 234 people aboard.
Ten years ago: The nation's first march on cancer took place on the National Mall in Washington. Grammy-winning jazz singer Betty Carter died in New York at age 69.
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Five years ago: President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a two-day summit at Camp David. The government issued a recall for Segway scooters, citing instances in which riders fell off when the batteries ran low. A magnitude 8 quake rocked Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, injuring more than 750 people. British rock singer Robert Palmer died in Paris at age 54.
One year ago: A judge declared a mistrial in Phil Spector's murder trial because the jury was deadlocked 10-2 in favor of convicting the music producer of killing actress Lana Clarkson. Myanmar began a violent crackdown on protests, beating and dragging away dozens of monks.
Today's birthdays: Fitness expert Jack LaLanne is 94. Actor Philip Bosco is 78. Country singer David Frizzell is 67. Actor Kent McCord is 66. Television host Anne Robinson is 64. Singer Bryan Ferry is 63. Singer Lynn Anderson is 61. Singer Olivia Newton-John is 60. Actress Mary Beth Hurt is 60. Actor James Keane is 56. Rock singer-musician Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) is 54. Country singer Carlene Carter is 53. Actress Linda Hamilton is 52. Country singer Doug Supernaw is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Cindy Herron (En Vogue) is 47. Actress Melissa Sue Anderson is 46. Actor Patrick Bristow is 46. Rock musician Al Pitrelli is 46. Singer Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) is 46. TV personality Jillian Barberie is 42. Actor Jim Caviezel is 40. Singer Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) is 36. Jazz musician Nicholas Payton is 35. Actor Mark Famiglietti is 29. Singer-actress Christina Milian is 27. Tennis player Serena Williams is 27.
Thought for today: "The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do."
-- Booker T. Washington, American educator and author (1856-1915)
[Associated Press]
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