History for September 26

History for September 26 - On-This-Day.com:
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) 1774, T.S. Eliot 1888, George Gershwin 1898 


Donna Douglas 1939, Kent McCord 1942 - Actor ("Adam 12"), Olivia Newton-John 1948 - Singer, actress ("Grease") 


Linda Hamilton 1956 - Actress ("Terminator"), Melissa Sue Anderson 1962 - Actress ("Little House on the Prairie"), Serena Williams 1981 - Tennis player 


1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State. John Jay was appointed the first chief justice of the U.S. Samuel Osgood was appointed the first Postmaster-General. Edmund Jennings Randolph was appointed the first Attorney General. 


1914 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission was established. 


1955 - The New York Stock Exchange suffered its worst decline since 1929 when the word was released concerning U.S. President Eisenhower's heart attack. 


1960 - The first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago, IL. 


1962 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiered on CBS-TV. 


1964 - "Gilligan's Island" premiered on CBS-TV. The show aired for the last time on September 4, 1967. 


1969 - "The Brady Bunch" series premiered on ABC-TV. 


1981 - The Boeing 767 made its maiden flight in Everett, WA. 


1986 - The episode of "Dallas" that had Bobby Ewing returning from the dead was aired. 



2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. The act states that an infant would be considered to have been born alive if he or she is completely extracted or expelled from the mother and breathes and has a beating heart and definite movement of the voluntary muscles.