On this day in history
September 26
American
1960Kennedy and Nixon meet in the first televised presidential debate.
Kennedy and Nixon meet in the first televised presidential debate.
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World
1580Francis Drake sails into Plymouth, completing his circumnavigation of the globe.
Francis Drake sails into Plymouth, completing his circumnavigation of the globe.
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1983Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov refuses to report an apparent American missile attack, likely preventing nucle…
Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov refuses to report an apparent American missile attack, likely preventing nuclear war.
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