5 Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 23

"Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

1. Patch historical fact of the day. On this day, in 1988, Jose Canseco, playing for the Oakland Athletics at the time, became the first baseball player to join the 40-40 club. In other words, the boisterous Cuban stole 40 bases and hit 40 home runs that year.

2. Keep up with tonight's debate. In case you missed it, joined , , , , , , and at last night's Fox News/Google debate in Orlando, Florida. New Hampshire Patch had full coverage with a . Following the debate, we asked several local political experts to sound off and tell us .

3. On the schedule.

• The Bedford High School girls varsity and JV soccer teams host Hanover at 4 p.m.
• The BHS boys varsity soccer team welcomes Hanover at 6 p.m.
• The BHS JV boys soccer team plays Hanover at 4 p.m.
• The BHS girls JV and varsity girls volleyball team play home against Laconia at 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively.

4. Bedford tests well. Yesterday, we reported the results of the and Bedford students consistently scored better than state averages. 

5. The weather man says ... Temperatures remain in the low 70s, but a 50 percent chance of rain threatens this afternoon's otherwise pleasant autumn weather.