SEPTEMBER 26
1996:American astronaut Shannon Lucid returns to Earth aboard the NASA space shuttle Atlantis, having lived and worked for six months aboard the Mir space station with two Russian cosmonauts. Lucid is the first American woman to live on a space station, and her 188 days in space sets records for the longest stay in space by an American and longest stay in space by a woman.
1960: Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro delivers the longest speech in United Nations history at the General Assembly in New York, speaking for 4 hours 29 minutes about the "aggression" of the United States.
1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Meat Loaf, is released in U.S. movie theaters. Although the film would flop, cinematic cult history would never be the same again, as dedicated fans have flocked to midnight showings to dress up and shout at the screen ever since.
1962: CBS premieres the comedy show "Beverly Hillbillies"
1960:The first televised debate is held in Chicago between presidential candidates Nixon and J.F.K
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