THE HISTORY OF SEPTEMBER 24

THE HISTORY OF SEPTEMBER 24

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Cherries Jubilee Day

1742  Faneuil Hall in Boston was opened to the public

1755  John Marshall was born – 4^th Supreme Court Chief Justice

1789  President Washington appointed John Hay as the 1^st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

1789  The U.S. Federal Judiciary Act was passed – created a 6 person Supreme Court and an Attorney General

1862  President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

1896  Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born – “The Great Gatsby”

1936  Puppeteer Jim Hensen was born – “

Sesame Street

”

1948  Comedian Phil Hartman was born – “SNL”

1957  President Eisenhower sent in federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to preserve order and desegregate an all white school

1960  The 1^st nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched – USS Enterprise

1961  The last episode of “I love Lucy” aired – started 10/15/1951

1962  The 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student

1964  “The Munsters” premiered on TV

1968  “60 Minutes” debuted on TV

1968  The TV show “Mod Squad” debuted on ABC

1976  Patty Hearst was sentenced to 7 years in prison for her role in a 1974 bank robbery – was released after 22 months by President Carter

1977  “The Love Boat” made its debut on ABC – aired until 1986

1991  Theodore Seuss Geisel died at age 87 – was the author of the Dr. Seuss series of children’s books

2004  The USS Crommelin stopped the fishing boat San Jose – it has 26,000 pounds of cocaine on it

SPORTS HISTORY ON SEPTEMBER 24

2006  Boston’s David Ortiz hits his 32^nd HR on the road this year – ties AL record – Babe Ruth in 1927

2001  Barry Bonds hits his 35^th HR on the road – MLB record

1998  Tom Gordon of Red Sox gets his 42^nd consecutive save of the year

1988  Dave Stewart wins his 20^th game of the year and Oakland its 100^th

1988  Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson wins the 100 meter sprint at the Olympics – he will be disqualified three days later for steroids

1985  Montreal’s Andre Dawson hits 3 HRs, including two 3 run HRs in the 5^th inning – 6 RBI in an inning ties MLB record

1982  Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at age 26

1979  Pete Rose gets his 200^th hit for the 10^th time – breaks MLB record of 9 set by Ty Cobb

1978  NYY Ron Guidry gets the win – record now is 23-3

1974  Al Kaline of Detroit gets his 3,000^th hit – will end his career this year with 3,007

1971  Orioles Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson gets their 20^th wins in a double header vs. Cleveland

1967  Cardinal Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals in a game vs. Pittsburgh

1957  The Brooklyn Dodgers play their last game at Ebbets Field – they beat the Pirates 2-0 – in the game Sandy Koufax struck out for the 12^th consecutive time

1957  Hank Aaron hit his 1^st grand slam

1950  Pitcher Carlos Pasqual makes his MLB debut and gets the only win of his career – loses his final game 4 days later – ends career 1-1 with 2.12 ERA

1940  Jimmie Foxx gets his 500^th hit – ends with 534

1938  Don Budge becomes the first tennis player to win the Grand Slam of Tennis

1931  Lefty Grove wins his 31^st game of the season

# 1 SONGS ON SEPTEMBER 24

1961  Take Good Care of My Baby – Bobby Vee

1964  Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

1966  Cherish – The Association

1967  The Letter – The Box Tops

1968  Hey Jude – the Beatles

1969  Sugar Sugar – The Archies

1970  Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross

1971  Go Away Little Girl – Donny Osmond

1972  Don’t Get Hooked on Me – Mac Davis

1975  I’m Sorry – John Denver

1976  Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

1977  I Just Want to be Your Everything – Andy Gibb

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1980  Upside Down – Diana Ross

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1983  Tell Her About It – Billy Joel

1984  Let’s Go Crazy - Prince

1985  Money for Nothing – Dire Straights

1987  Didn’t We Almost Have It All – Whitney Houston

1988  Don’t Worry Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Dream Lover – Mariah Carey

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio

1998  I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith