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September 26, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Sunday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2010. There are 96 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1777: British troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution.

1789: Thomas Jefferson is confirmed by the Senate to be the first U.S. secretary of state; John Jay, the first chief justice; Edmund Randolph, the first attorney general.

1892: John Philip Sousa and his newly formed band perform publicly for the first time, at the Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, N.J.

1914: The Federal Trade Commission is established.

1955: President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffers a heart attack, triggering the New York Stock Exchange’s worst price decline since 1929.

1960: The first-ever debate between presidential nominees takes place in Chicago as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon face off before a national TV audience.

1986: William H. Rehnquist is sworn in as the 16th chief justice of the United States, while Antonin Scalia joins the Supreme Court as its 103rd member.

1990: The Motion Picture Association of America announces it had created a new rating, NC-17, to replace the X rating.

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1970: Youngstown City School District will close two elementary schools, Bancroft and Glenwood, and transfer some 350 children to three other South Side schools. The move will save about $100,000 a year.

The Youngstown Park and Recreation Commission is asked by the Lake Milton Cottage Owners Association to extend the deadline for removal of cottages from a 15-acre site at Lake Milton that will be converted into a public recreation area.

Struthers and Campbell football teams will vie for a new trophy, one featuring a steelworker’s helmet, which was purchased by the Struthers and Campbell Gridiron clubs and designed by Komara Jewelers.

1960: Master saddle maker Richard “Bud” Kimmel of Youngstown commands as much as $10,000 for saddles that he ships to discriminating horsemen nationwide.

Youngstown University welcomes hundreds of alumni to its 20th annual homecoming, including a giant parade.

Pittsburgh Pirate fans go wild after the team wins the National League pennant, Safety Director Louis Rosenberg estimates 350,000 people turn out for a massive welcome-home party for the team.

1935: Youngstown clergymen differ widely in the opinions of letters sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the nation’s clergy. The Rev. Levi G. Batman of First Christian church says the letter is “political bunk,” while the Rev. Clyde M. Porter of Epworth M.E. Church says the president has taken “heroic efforts” to improve conditions and urges him to balance the budget.

A “tidal wave of humanity” of 150,000 throngs to Cleveland stadium for a midnight mass that includes a radio address from Pope Pius XI.