John F. Kennedy

Senator John Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon as they debated campaign issues in a Chicago television studio (AP Photo)

Today in History: September 26

Today in History: September 26: In 1960 the first televised presidential debate occurred; In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia; In 1954, the Japanese commercial ferry Toya Maru sank; In 1986, Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Court; In 1991, four men and four women entered the Biosphere 2; In 2020, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

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