Today In History

Tue., Sept. 26, 2000

In 1777: British troops occupied Philadelphia during the American Revolution.

In 1789: Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first secretary of state.

In 1950: United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans.

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

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 II.

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