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."

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.

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

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.

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