Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017)

Hefner died at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

(FoxNews) — Don’t call it a "Money Pit", According to Sotheby’s International Realty, the sprawling estate which served as the subject of the 1986 comedy
flick “The Money Pit” has hit the market for a cool $5.9 million.

While the home was portrayed as a problematic fixer-upper that frustrated
Tom Hanks and Shelley Long’s characters in the Steven Spielberg-produced
film, the restored, Gilded Age-style mansion will prove anything but a burden
for its new owners.

Nestled on 5.5 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, N.Y., the massive
14,000-square-foot home property boasts seven bedrooms, eight full baths,
eight fireplaces, an elegant principal room and a four-room master suite. In addition, the grounds include a six car garage, in-ground saltwater pool, and
formal gardens.

ED DANAHUE

     
 On this day in 1964.

It was on this day in 1996.

     
 “Locomotion No. 1”

      
      
     
George Stephenson operated the first locomotive that hauled a passenger
train on this day in 1825.  

George Stephenson
(June 9, 1781 – August 12, 1848)

The "Tonight!" show made its debut on NBC-TV with Steve Allen as host
on this day in 1954.    

A clip from the first show.

Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen
(December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000)

1908

TIM MAGUIRE

The first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon
and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago, IL on this day in 1960.

On this day in 1980, the Cuban government abruptly closed Mariel Harbor to
end the freedom flotilla of Cuban refugees that began the previous April.

On this day in 1957, the musical "West Side Story" opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. 

George Jacob Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937)

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin’s compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most
popular melodies are widely known. Among his best-known works are
the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American
in Paris (1928) as well as the opera Porgy and Bess (1935).

Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) 

T.S. Eliot was a British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social
critic, and "one of the twentieth century’s major poets".  Eliot attracted
widespread attention for his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
(1915), which was seen as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement.