On October 2, 1965, during a football game between
the University of Florida Gators and the Louisiana
State University Tigers, UF players test a newly
concocted sports drink to help them regain the
essential chemicals their bodies lose from profuse
sweating.

Developed in their own school’s science labs, the
drink is designed to fight dehydration, rebalance
their bodies’ electrolytes and restore blood sugar,
potassium and body salts so they can continue to
perform at a high level through their games.

The Gators go on to win the match, after the heavily
favored Tigers wilt in Florida’s muggy, 102-degree
heat.

The drink, nicknamed "Gatorade," eventually became
a mass-market phenomenon and made its inventors
wealthy.

James Robert Cade (1927 – 2007)

Cade was a physician, university professor,
research scientist and inventor.

On October 1, 1962, Johnny Carson takes over from Jack Paar
as host of the late-night talk program The Tonight Show.

Carson went on to host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny
Carson for three decades, becoming one of the biggest
figures in entertainment in the 20th century.

The guests that night in NBC’s Studio 6B were Joan
Crawford (above), Mel Brooks, Tony Bennett and Rudy
Vallee.

Ed McMahon (left) and Johnny Carson. 

On September 30, 1947, the New York Yankees beat the
Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3, in Game 1 of the World Series—
the first Fall Classic game broadcast on television.

It is the second "Subway Series" between and Yankees
and Dodgers and first World Series to involve an African
American player. Jackie Robinson (below) of the Dodgers
broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier six months
earlier.

While Red Barber and Mel Allen called the game on the
radio, Bob Stanton described the action on NBC. 

Drugstore clerk removes Tylenol capsules from the shelves
of a pharmacy in New York City after reports of tampering.

On September 29, 1982, three Chicago area residents became ill
and died after ingesting Extra-Strength Tylenol later found to be poisoned with cyanide. They were the first of seven victims to
lose their lives after taking the over-the-counter pain reliever,
which had been tampered with. The case would create a national
panic over the safety of nonprescription medications and lead to
new standards for pill packaging.

Seventh grader Mary Ann Kellerman was the first to die after
taking the medicine overnight to combat a sore throat.

A foil safety seal that became standard on all over-the-
counter medications after the 1982 Tylenol murders.

James Lewis was 76 when he died in 2023. According to
police, his death did not appear suspicious.

Lewis was the only person law enforcement targeted as a suspect
for more than 40 years.

On September 28, 1941, the last day of Major League Baseball’s
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."