"On Sept. 24, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Devil's Tower in Wyoming as the first U.S. national monument. Also on this date: In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America's federal court system and creating the post of attorney general. In 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."
"In 1957, the Los Angeles-bound Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0. In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia. In 1963, the U.S. Senate ratified a treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union limiting nuclear testing. In 1968, the TV news magazine 60 Minutes premiered on CBS. In 1969, the trial of the Chicago Eight, later the Chicago Seven, began."
"In 1988, Jackie Joyner-Kersey won gold and set a world record in the women's heptathlon at the Summer Olympics in Seoul. In 2013, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest Pakistan, killing at least 376 people. In 2015, a stampede and crush of Muslim pilgrims occurred in the holy city of Mina, Saudi Arabia. While the official Saudi death toll stood at 769, The Associated Press estimated that more than 2,400 people were killed."
September 24 is linked to a diverse set of historical events across centuries. Theodore Roosevelt established Devil's Tower as the first U.S. national monument in 1906. George Washington signed the Judiciary Act in 1789, creating the federal court system and the attorney general post. The 1869 Black Friday panic destroyed many businesses after an attempted gold-market corner. The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field in 1957. The USS Enterprise launched in 1960 as the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The U.S. Senate ratified a nuclear testing-limitation treaty in 1963. Additional notable moments include the premieres, trials, Olympic records, deadly natural disasters, mass casualty pilgrim events, large-scale protests, and wartime strikes into the 21st century.
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