September 24
1789 - Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for a U.S. attorney general and the the federal court system, including the Supreme Court.
1869 - Thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as "Black Friday" after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.
1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt established Devil's Tower as the first U.S. national monument.
1948 - The Honda Motor Company was founded in Hamamatsu, Japan.
1960 - The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
1968 - The TV news magazine "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS.
1969 - The trial of the "Chicago Eight," radical anti-war and counterculture activists accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, began.
1991 - Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as "Dr. Seuss," died at age 87.
1996 - The United States and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.
2013 - A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest Pakistan, killing at least 376 people.
2015 - A stampede and crush of Muslim pilgrims occurred in the holy city of Mina, Saudi Arabia. While the official death toll stood at 796, The Associated Press estimated that more than 2,400 people were killed.
2022 - Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities as Kremlin-orchestrated votes took place in occupied regions of Ukraine to create a pretext for their annexation by Moscow.
Birthdays
21 - Joe Locke (actor)
30 - Hannah Brown (reality star)
31 - Ben Platt (actor)
31 - Sonya Deville (professional wrestler)
37 - Grey Damon (actor)
37 - Spencer Treat Clark (actor)
42 - Paul Hamm (gymnast)
45 - Ross Matthews (TV host)
48 - Stephanie McMahon (professional wrestling executive)
48 - Ian Bohen (actor)
50 - Jackie Sandler (actress)
66 - Kevin Sorbo (actor)
74 - Harriet Walter (actress)
76 - Gordon Clapp (actor)
78 - Joe Greene (football player)
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Today in Sports History - September 24
1919 - Babe Ruth sets the single season MLB home run record at 28.
1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.
1937 - The NHL Board of Governors introduced legislation that discouraged "icing" during the League's semi-annual meeting. The new rules would cause a face-off in the defending zone if a team shot the puck all the way down the ice without scoring a goal.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1940 - Jimmie Foxx hit his 500th career home run.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0. (They would move to Los Angeles the following season.)
1972 - Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders sets an NFL record with a 104-yard fumble return in a 20-14 win over the Green Bay Packers; the record would be tied by Aeneas Williams of the Arizona Cardinals in 2000.
1972 - Joe Namath of the New York Jets throws six touchdown passes in a game against the Baltimore Colts.
1974 - Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers becomes the 12th player in MLB history to record 3,000 hits.
1985 - Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th), and joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 HRs in an inn twice.
1988 - Jackie Joyner-Kersey won gold and set a world record in the women's heptathlon at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
1988 - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson breaks his won 100 meter dash world record with a time of 9.79 seconds to win gold at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea; he would be disqualified three days later after testing positive for drug use, which then saw American Carl Lewis awarded the gold and a world record at 9.92 seconds.
2006 - The Detroit Tigers clinched their first playoff berth since 1987.
2006 - The Atlanta Braves failed to make the postseason for the first time in 14 years.
2017 - More than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the national anthem after President Donald Trump criticized the players' protests in a speech and a series of tweets.
1789 - Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for a U.S. attorney general and the the federal court system, including the Supreme Court.
1869 - Thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as "Black Friday" after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.
1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt established Devil's Tower as the first U.S. national monument.
1948 - The Honda Motor Company was founded in Hamamatsu, Japan.
1960 - The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
1968 - The TV news magazine "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS.
1969 - The trial of the "Chicago Eight," radical anti-war and counterculture activists accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, began.
1991 - Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as "Dr. Seuss," died at age 87.
1996 - The United States and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.
2013 - A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest Pakistan, killing at least 376 people.
2015 - A stampede and crush of Muslim pilgrims occurred in the holy city of Mina, Saudi Arabia. While the official death toll stood at 796, The Associated Press estimated that more than 2,400 people were killed.
2022 - Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities as Kremlin-orchestrated votes took place in occupied regions of Ukraine to create a pretext for their annexation by Moscow.
Birthdays
21 - Joe Locke (actor)
30 - Hannah Brown (reality star)
31 - Ben Platt (actor)
31 - Sonya Deville (professional wrestler)
37 - Grey Damon (actor)
37 - Spencer Treat Clark (actor)
42 - Paul Hamm (gymnast)
45 - Ross Matthews (TV host)
48 - Stephanie McMahon (professional wrestling executive)
48 - Ian Bohen (actor)
50 - Jackie Sandler (actress)
66 - Kevin Sorbo (actor)
74 - Harriet Walter (actress)
76 - Gordon Clapp (actor)
78 - Joe Greene (football player)
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Today in Sports History - September 24
1919 - Babe Ruth sets the single season MLB home run record at 28.
1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.
1937 - The NHL Board of Governors introduced legislation that discouraged "icing" during the League's semi-annual meeting. The new rules would cause a face-off in the defending zone if a team shot the puck all the way down the ice without scoring a goal.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1940 - Jimmie Foxx hit his 500th career home run.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0. (They would move to Los Angeles the following season.)
1972 - Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders sets an NFL record with a 104-yard fumble return in a 20-14 win over the Green Bay Packers; the record would be tied by Aeneas Williams of the Arizona Cardinals in 2000.
1972 - Joe Namath of the New York Jets throws six touchdown passes in a game against the Baltimore Colts.
1974 - Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers becomes the 12th player in MLB history to record 3,000 hits.
1985 - Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th), and joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 HRs in an inn twice.
1988 - Jackie Joyner-Kersey won gold and set a world record in the women's heptathlon at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
1988 - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson breaks his won 100 meter dash world record with a time of 9.79 seconds to win gold at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea; he would be disqualified three days later after testing positive for drug use, which then saw American Carl Lewis awarded the gold and a world record at 9.92 seconds.
2006 - The Detroit Tigers clinched their first playoff berth since 1987.
2006 - The Atlanta Braves failed to make the postseason for the first time in 14 years.
2017 - More than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the national anthem after President Donald Trump criticized the players' protests in a speech and a series of tweets.