Engraving shows Founding Father and future American President John Adams, center, as he greets King George
III of England.
On September 27, 1779, the Continental Congress appoints John
Adams to travel to France to lead peace talks with Great Britain
during the Revolutionary War.
Founding Father John Adams (1735 – 1826) served as
the second president of the United States from 1797 to
1801.
ED DANAHUE
Tonight Starring Steve Allen was a[ talk show hosted by Steve
Allen. It was the first version of what eventually became known
as The Tonight Show. Tonight was the first late-night talk show,
as well as the first late night television series of any kind to
achieve long-term success.
Allen’s run as host of the show lasted for two and a half seasons, beginning in fall 1954 and ending with Allen’s departure in January
1957.
The announcer of the show was Gene Rayburn, who would
eventually become a top-game show emcee.
Space Man Bill Dana as Jose Jimenez
From left: Bandleader Skitch Henderson. Eydie Gorme, Steve
Allen and Steve Lawrence.
On September 26, 1960, for the first time in U.S. history, a
debate between major party presidential candidates was
broadcast on live 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.
Kennedy emerged the apparent winner from this first of
four televised debates.
John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor David McCallum, who became a
teen heartthrob in the hit series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." in
the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the
popular "NCIS" 40 years later, has died.
McCallum died Monday of natural causes surrounded by
family at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
