September 24
1755 - John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States, was born in Germantown, Virginia.
1789 - Congress passed the First Judiciary Act which provided for a U.S. attorney general and the Supreme Court.
1869 - Financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market, sending Wall Street into a panic and leaving thousands of investors in financial ruin.
1929 - Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY-2 Biplane over Mitchel Field in New York in the first all-instrument flight.
1955 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.
1960 - The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
1968 - "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 National Convention, began.
1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. (Hearst was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Jimmy Carter.)
1991 - Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as "Dr. Seuss," died at age 87.
1996 - The United States and 70 other countries became the first to sign a treaty at the United Nations to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. (The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty has yet to enter into force because of the refusal so far of eight nations — including the United States — to ratify it.)
2001 - President George W. Bush ordered a freeze on the assets of 27 people and organizations with suspected links to terrorism, including Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, and urged other nations to do likewise.
2007 - United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976. (A tentative pact ended the walkout two days later.)
2011 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate for 2012, paving the way for Putin’s return to office four years after he was legally forced to step aside.
2015 - A stampede and crush of Muslim pilgrims occurred at an intersection near a holy site in Saudi Arabia; The Associated Press estimated that more than 2,400 people were killed, while the official Saudi toll stood at 769.
2019 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump; the probe focused partly on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from the government of Ukraine to undermine Democratic foe Joe Biden. (Trump would be acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate on two impeachment charges.)
Birthdays
27 - Hannah Brown (reality star)
28 - Sonya Deville (professional wrestler)
28 - Ben Platt (actor)
33 - Kyle Sullivan (actor)
34 - Grey Damon (actor)
34 - Spencer Clark (actor)
39 - Erik Stocklin (actor)
39 - Paul Hamm (gymnast)
42 - Justin Bruening (actor)
45 - Ian Bohen (actor)
45 - Stephanie McMahon (professional wrestling executive)
52 - Megan Ward (actress)
59 - Nia Vardalos (actress)
63 - Kevin Sorbo (actor)
71 - Harriet Walter (actress)
73 - Gordon Clapp (actor)
75 - Joe Greene (football player)
76 - Lou Dobbs (political commentator)
82 - Sonny Turner (singer)
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Today in Sports History - September 24
1904 - Nebraska opens the season with a 72-0 win over Grand Island.
1919 - Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox establishes a new single-season MLB home run record with 28.
1920 - Babe Ruth becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
1927 - The NHL's Toronto St. Patrick's change their name to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1934 - Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox won, 5-0.)
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.
1949 - Nebraska opens the season under new coach Bill Glassford with a 33-6 win over South Dakota.
1955 - #6 Ohio State defeats Nebraska 28-20.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field. (The team would relocate to Los Angeles the following year.)
1960 - Minnesota upsets #12 Nebraska 26-14.
1966 - #4 Nebraska defeats Utah State 28-7.
1967 - Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals kicks an NFL record seven field goals in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
1977 - #14 Nebraska defeats Baylor 31-10.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeats UCLA 42-10.
1988 - #9 Nebraska defeats Arizona State 47-16.
1988 - At the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson wins the 100 meter dash and sets a new world record with a time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson is disqualified three days later after failing a drug test; American Carl Lewis is awarded the gold and his time of 9.92 seconds is recognized as the new world record.)
1994 - #2 Nebraska defeats Pacific 70-21.
2006 - The Detroit Tigers clinched their first playoff berth since 1987, while the Atlanta Braves failed to make the postseason for the first time in 14 years.
2011 - #9 Nebraska defeats Wyoming 38-14.
2016 - #20 Nebraska defeats Northwestern 24-13.
2020 - Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly showed him paying for massage parlor sex.
1755 - John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States, was born in Germantown, Virginia.
1789 - Congress passed the First Judiciary Act which provided for a U.S. attorney general and the Supreme Court.
1869 - Financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market, sending Wall Street into a panic and leaving thousands of investors in financial ruin.
1929 - Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY-2 Biplane over Mitchel Field in New York in the first all-instrument flight.
1955 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.
1960 - The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
1968 - "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 National Convention, began.
1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. (Hearst was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Jimmy Carter.)
1991 - Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as "Dr. Seuss," died at age 87.
1996 - The United States and 70 other countries became the first to sign a treaty at the United Nations to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. (The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty has yet to enter into force because of the refusal so far of eight nations — including the United States — to ratify it.)
2001 - President George W. Bush ordered a freeze on the assets of 27 people and organizations with suspected links to terrorism, including Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, and urged other nations to do likewise.
2007 - United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976. (A tentative pact ended the walkout two days later.)
2011 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate for 2012, paving the way for Putin’s return to office four years after he was legally forced to step aside.
2015 - A stampede and crush of Muslim pilgrims occurred at an intersection near a holy site in Saudi Arabia; The Associated Press estimated that more than 2,400 people were killed, while the official Saudi toll stood at 769.
2019 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump; the probe focused partly on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from the government of Ukraine to undermine Democratic foe Joe Biden. (Trump would be acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate on two impeachment charges.)
Birthdays
27 - Hannah Brown (reality star)
28 - Sonya Deville (professional wrestler)
28 - Ben Platt (actor)
33 - Kyle Sullivan (actor)
34 - Grey Damon (actor)
34 - Spencer Clark (actor)
39 - Erik Stocklin (actor)
39 - Paul Hamm (gymnast)
42 - Justin Bruening (actor)
45 - Ian Bohen (actor)
45 - Stephanie McMahon (professional wrestling executive)
52 - Megan Ward (actress)
59 - Nia Vardalos (actress)
63 - Kevin Sorbo (actor)
71 - Harriet Walter (actress)
73 - Gordon Clapp (actor)
75 - Joe Greene (football player)
76 - Lou Dobbs (political commentator)
82 - Sonny Turner (singer)
==============================================
Today in Sports History - September 24
1904 - Nebraska opens the season with a 72-0 win over Grand Island.
1919 - Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox establishes a new single-season MLB home run record with 28.
1920 - Babe Ruth becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
1927 - The NHL's Toronto St. Patrick's change their name to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1934 - Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox won, 5-0.)
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.
1949 - Nebraska opens the season under new coach Bill Glassford with a 33-6 win over South Dakota.
1955 - #6 Ohio State defeats Nebraska 28-20.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field. (The team would relocate to Los Angeles the following year.)
1960 - Minnesota upsets #12 Nebraska 26-14.
1966 - #4 Nebraska defeats Utah State 28-7.
1967 - Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals kicks an NFL record seven field goals in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
1977 - #14 Nebraska defeats Baylor 31-10.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeats UCLA 42-10.
1988 - #9 Nebraska defeats Arizona State 47-16.
1988 - At the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson wins the 100 meter dash and sets a new world record with a time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson is disqualified three days later after failing a drug test; American Carl Lewis is awarded the gold and his time of 9.92 seconds is recognized as the new world record.)
1994 - #2 Nebraska defeats Pacific 70-21.
2006 - The Detroit Tigers clinched their first playoff berth since 1987, while the Atlanta Braves failed to make the postseason for the first time in 14 years.
2011 - #9 Nebraska defeats Wyoming 38-14.
2016 - #20 Nebraska defeats Northwestern 24-13.
2020 - Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly showed him paying for massage parlor sex.
