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What happened in history on this day: September 24?
On September 24 in ...
- 1789 - The U.S. Congress passes the Judiciary Act which provides an attorney general and the Supreme Court.
- 1869 - "Black Friday" in the US: Wall Steet panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold; U.S. government begins to sell off large quantities of gold.
- 1883 - National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1890 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
- 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt inaugerated as President of the USA.
- 1906 - US President Theodore Roosvelt declares Devil's Tower in Wyoming as the first National Monument.
- 1948 - Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Washington DC.
- 1955 - US President Dwight Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver, Colorado.
- 1957 - US President Dwight Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock, Arkansas schools.
- 1958 - First welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Iowa, USA.
- 1960 - The USS Enterprise aircraft carrier is launched at Newport News, Virginia. This is the world's first nuclear-powered carrier, also the most powerful warship ever built, at 300,000 horsepower, the longest at 1101.5 feet, and costliest at US$445 million. The ship was designed to accomodate 100 aircraft.
- 1962 - US Circuit Court of Appeals orders James Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi.
- 1963 - US Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR limiting nuclear testing.
- 1972 - Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22.
- 1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery.
- 1979 - Compu-Serve launches the first customer Internet service, including the first public e-mail service.
- 1982 - US, Italian, and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon.
- 1990 - South African President F.W. de Klerk meets President George Bush in Washington, DC.
- 1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
- 1998 - The Federal Reserve releases to circulation Series 1996 $20 notes with new designs.
- 2005 - Hurricane Rita hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, devastating areas near Beaumont, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana. The New Orleans's 9th Ward re-floods since Katrina, and Mississippi and Alabama are also affected.
- 2005 - Worldwide protests occur against the Iraq War, with over 150,000 protestors in Washington DC.
- 2007 - The One Laptop Per Child organization launches the Give 1 Get 1 marketing plan. For US$399, a buyer will purchase two XO computers, receiving one in early 2008, with the other being sent to a child in Cambodia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, or Haiti.
- 2008 - TV series Knight Rider debuts in the US.
- 2019 - U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi announces the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
Births on September 24
- 1896 - Birth of F Scott Fitzgerald in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; author (Great Gatsby).
- 1912 - Birth of Don Porter in Miami, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Russ Lawrence - Gidget, Ann Sothern Show).
- 1914 - Birth of Herb Jeffries in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Where's Huddles).
- 1915 - Birth of Larry Gates in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actor (Guiding Light).
- 1919 - Birth of Dayton Allen in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Steve Allen Show).
- 1921 - Birth of Jim McKay in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports).
- 1922 - Birth of Theresa Merritt in Newport News, Virginia, USA; actress (Mama - That's My Mama).
- 1930 - Birth of John W Young in San Francisco, California, USA; astronaut (Gemini 3 10, Apollo 10 16, STS 1 9).
- 1936 - Birth of Jim Henson in Greenville, Mississippi, USA; muppeteer (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show).
- 1943 - Birth of Lee Aaker in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Rusty - Rin Tin Tin).
- 1946 - Birth of Jacqueline Courtney in New Jersey, USA; actress (Another World, One Life to Live).
- 1951 - Birth of Terry Metcalf in Seattle, Washington, USA; NFL and Canadian Football League running back (Saint Louis Rams, Toronto Argonauts).
- 1962 - Birth of Joseph Kennedy II; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Massachusetts).
- 1964 - Birth of Gene Watkins in Waco, Texas, USA; actor (James Walsh - As the World Turns).
- 1983 - Birth of Randy Foye; American basketball player.
Deaths on September 24
- 1991 - Theodore Seuss Geisel, American children's author ("Dr Seuss"), dies at age 87 in La Jolla, California (born 1904).
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