On September 26: Dover’s final shelling, Meuse-Argonne, Venus Genetrix, Kennedy and Nixon on television, Biosphere 2, and Abbey Road.
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September 26, 1969 | The Beatles Release Abbey Road
The Beatles released Abbey Road in Britain on September 26, 1969. It was the last album the four recorded together and transformed a studio address into a global image.
September 26, 1991 | Eight People Enter Biosphere 2
On September 26, 1991, eight crew members entered Biosphere 2 for a two-year experiment in a materially closed ecological system. The sealed world exposed how hard self-sufficiency is.
September 26, 1960 | Kennedy and Nixon Meet in the First Televised Presidential Debate
On September 26, 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon met in the first nationally televised U.S. presidential debate, changing the staging of democratic politics.
September 26, 46 BCE | Caesar Dedicates the Temple of Venus Genetrix
On September 26, 46 BCE, Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix and his new forum, joining architecture, ancestry and political power in the center of Rome.
September 26, 1918 | The Meuse-Argonne Offensive Begins
At 2:30 a.m. on September 26, 1918, 2,711 Allied guns opened the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The forty-seven-day campaign became the largest operation in U.S. Army history.
September 26, 1944 | The Last German Shells Fall on Dover
On September 26, 1944, German long-range guns across the Channel fired their final bombardment at Dover. The last shell fell at 7:15 p.m., ending four years in Britain’s front-line town.