Daily Calendar for Monday, September 26, 2005
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Monday, September 26, 2005
Born
- Johnny Appleseed Chapman (farmer, folk legend) –
- Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon (8th premier of Quebec) –
- Ivan Pavlov (physiologist) –
- Arthur B. Davies (artist) –
- T.S. Eliot (poet) –
- George Gershwin (composer) –
- Jack LaLanne (fitness guru) –
- Olivia Newton-John (singer) –
- Melissa Sue Anderson (actress) –
- Serena Williams (tennis player) –
Died
- Daniel Boone (frontiersman) –
- Bessie Smith (singer) –
- Robert Palmer (singer) –
- Paul Newman (American actor, director, and philanthropist; died in Westport, Connecticut) –
Events
- Parthenon partially destroyed by Venetians, Athens, Greece –
- On the steps of the Salem, New Jersey courthouse, Colonel Robert Johnson bit into a tomato in order to prove wrong the long-lasting theory that tomatoes were poisonous –
- The Shriners, a fraternal and charitable organization, opened its first temple –
- Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy confronted each other in the first televised presidential debate –
- John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon squared off in the first U.S. presidential debate to be televised. –
- The Beverly Hillbillies debuted on television –
- Australia won the America’s Cup. It was the first time in 132 years that the U.S. did not win –
- N.Y. Giant Ali Haji-Sheikh kicked a 56-yard field goal –
- Prairie View A&M University football team snapped 80-game losing streak –
- 42.1-inch-long cucumber set world record –
Weather
- The temperature in San Diego, California, reached 111 degrees F –
- The temperature in Los Angeles, California, reached 109 degrees F –
- Death Valley, California, had an afternoon temperature of 104 degrees F –