September 26

Thursday 26, 1991:

Biosphere 2 opens.

Monday 26, 1960:

In Chicago, Illinois, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

Thursday 26, 1957:

Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story opens on Broadway

Wednesday 26, 1934:

Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.

Saturday 26, 1789:

Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.