【历史上的今天】09月26日

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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%" border="0"><tbody><tr><th><font color="#05006c"><h1>历史上的今天:09月26日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="2"><img height="82" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061031134341734.gif" width="160" align="right" vspace="3" alt=""/></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: </strong></em><br/>On September 26th, 1960, the first televised debate between presidential candidates </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>Richard M. Nixon</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2"> and </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>John F. Kennedy</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2"> took place in Chicago. </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: </strong></em><br/>In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia during the American Revolution. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1789, Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first secretary of state. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1898, American composer George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1914, the Federal Trade Commission was established. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1950, United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul (sohl) from the North Koreans. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1957, the musical "West Side Story" opened on Broadway. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1969, the family comedy series "The Brady Bunch" premiered on ABC TV. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">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. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1991, four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Arizona, called "Biosphere Two." </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1997, an Indonesian Airbus A-300 crashed while approaching Medan Airport in north Sumatra, killing all 234 people aboard. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: The Motion Picture Association of America announced it had created a new rating, "NC-17," designed to bar moviegoers under the age of 17 from certain films without the commercial stigma of the old "X" rating. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: Bosnia's warring factions agreed on guidelines for elections and a future government. The prosecution began its closing argument in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. A bond trader at Japan's Daiwa Bank was charged with doctoring records to hide $1.1 billion in losses. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: America won its first Ryder Cup since 1993 after trailing the European team 10-to-6 going into the final round. (To the anger of the Europeans, US players, along with caddies, officials and wives, stormed the green to congratulate Justin Leonard for a 45-foot putt that all but won the tournament for the Americans.) </font></p><hr noshade="true" size="1"/><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><span class="thought">每日格言</span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><strong>"</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>As in the physical world, so in the spiritual world, pain does not last forever." </strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand-born author (1888-1923).</em></font><font face="Arial" size="2">
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