On this day

In 1972 Paul Henderson scored with 34 seconds left in game 8 to give Canada a 6-5 win over the Soviet Union in the summit series. Canada won the series 4-3-1. In 1941 Ted Williams goes 6-8 in a double header against the Philadelphia A's to finish the season with a .406 average. He is still the last player to finish over .406.

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