History of 24 September<\/p>\n
1915<\/strong> – “The Lamb,” Douglas Fairbanks first film, was shown at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York City, NY.<\/p>\n 1929<\/strong> – The first all-instrument flight took place in New York when Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchell Field.<\/p>\n 1933<\/strong> – “Roses and Drums” was heard on WABC in New York City. It was the first dramatic presentation for radio.<\/p>\n 1934<\/strong> – Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.<\/p>\n 1938<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n 1955<\/strong> – U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.<\/p>\n 1957<\/strong> – The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.<\/p>\n 1957<\/strong> – U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.<\/p>\n 1960<\/strong> – The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise<\/i> set out from Newport News, VA.<\/p>\n 1961<\/strong> – “The Bullwinkle Show” premiered in primetime on NBC-TV. The show was originally on ABC in the afternoon as “Rocky and His Friends.”<\/p>\n 1963<\/strong> – The U.S. Senate ratified a treaty that limited nuclear testing. The treaty was between the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n 1968<\/strong> – “60 Minutes” premiered on CBS-TV.<\/p>\n 1968<\/strong> – “The Mod Squad” premiered on ABC-TV.<\/p>\n 1977<\/strong> – “The Love Boat” debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.<\/p>\n 1995<\/strong> – Three decades of the Israeli occupation of West Bank cities ended with the signing of a pact by Israel and the PLO.<\/p>\n 1996<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – The U.S. Federal Reserve released into circulation $2 billion in new harder-to-counterfeit $20 bills.<\/p>\n 2001<\/strong> – U.S. President George W. Bush froze the assets of 27 suspected terrorists and terrorist groups.<\/p>\n 2003<\/strong> – Anthony Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n 2005<\/strong> \u2013 Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.<\/p>\n 2007<\/strong> \u2013 Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.<\/p>\n 2008<\/strong> \u2013 Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa<\/p>\n 2009<\/strong> \u2013 The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.<\/p>\n 2014<\/strong> \u2013 The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.<\/p>\n 2015<\/strong> \u2013 At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n 2019<\/strong> \u2013 An impeachment inquiry is initiated by the United States House of Representatives against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n History of 24 September 1915 – “The Lamb,” Douglas Fairbanks first film, was shown at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York City, NY. 1929 – The first all-instrument flight took place in New York when Lt. 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