"This Week in History"

SEPTEMBER 22:
On this day in 1951, the first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the U.S. was televised on NBC. It was a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh.

SEPTEMBER 23:
On this day in 2002, the first public version of Mozilla's FireFox was released. It was called Phoenix 0.1.

SEPTEMBER 24:
On this day in 622, Muhammad completed his Mecca to Medina hegira.

SEPTEMBER 25:
On this day in 1789, the U.S. Congress passed 12 amendments. Ten of the amendments were the Bill of Rights. The Congressional Appointment Amendment and the Congressional Compensation Amendment were the other two. Only the Bill of Rights was ratified that day.

SEPTEMBER 26:
On this day in 1908, Ed Reulbach threw two shut outs in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers. He is the first and only professional baseball player to do this.

SEPTEMBER 27:
On this day in 1777, Lancaster, PA was the capitol of the United States. Lancaster was only the capital of the U.S. for one day.

SEPTEMBER 28:
On this day in 1941, Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams finished the Major League Baseball season with a batting average of .408. He is the last major league player to finish a season with an average over .400.

(This information is courtesy of the FSVIEW)


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