History for September 24

History for September 24 - On-This-Day.com
John Marshall 1755, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896, Jim McKay 1921


Jim Henson 1936 - Puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, actor,Creator of The Muppets, "Mean" Joe Green 1946 - Football player, Phil Hartman 1948 - Comedian, actor


1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.


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.


1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.


1957 - Republican U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.


1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.


1968 - "The Mod Squad" premiered on ABC-TV.


1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.


1996 - The United States, represented by President Clinton, and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.