Theodore “Ted” Samuel Williams
(August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002)

On September 28, 1941, the last day of the regular season, the
Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams got six hits in eight at-bats
during a doubleheader in Philadelphia, boosting his average
to .406. He becomes the first player since 1930 to hit .400.
“I guess I’ll be satisfied with that thrill out there today,” he
tells the Boston Globe about hitting .400. “… I never wanted
anything harder in my life.”

In addition to his .406 batting average—no major league player
since Williams has hit .400—the left fielder led the big leagues
with 37 homers, 135 runs and a slugging average of .735.

Williams, nicknamed “The Splendid Splinter” and “The Thumper,
” began his big-league career with the Red Sox in 1939.

Ted Williams Boston Red Sox Autographed Signed
Louisville Slugger Bat SELLING FOR $1,250.00. 

John Adams Jr. (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826)

On September 27, 1779, the Continental Congress appointed John
Adams to travel to France as minister plenipotentiary in charge
of negotiating treaties of peace and commerce with Great Britain
during the Revolutionary War.

Adams had traveled to Paris in 1778 to negotiate an alliance with
France, but had been unceremoniously dismissed when Congress
chose Benjamin Franklin as sole commissioner. 

After returning to Massachusetts in mid-1779, Adams was elected
as a delegate to the state convention to draw up a new constitution;
he was involved in these duties when he learned of the diplomatic
commission.

Signing the Preliminary Treaty of Peace at Paris, by Carl
Wilhelm Anton Seiler, 1904.

For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party
presidential candidates is shown on television.

The presidential hopefuls, John F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator
of Massachusetts and Richard M. Nixon, the vice president of
the United States, met in a Chicago studio to discuss U.S.
domestic matters.

TIM MAGUIRE

Actor/Producer Michael Douglas is 77 years old
today.

CAMILLE
BOHANNON

Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954)