The Television Premiere of 60 Minutes
On September 24, 1968, 60 Minutes premiered on the CBS Television Network. Created by producer Don Hewitt and introduced by journalists Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, the program helped establish ...
The Birth of Aeromedical Pioneer Major General Spurgeon Neel
On September 24, 1919, Major General Spurgeon H. Neel Jr.—Army physician, military medical innovator, and leading architect of modern aeromedical evacuation—was born in Memphis, Tennessee. After entering active duty in ...
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Monsters in the Suburbs: The Television Premiere of The Munsters
On September 24, 1964, The Munsters debuted on CBS, bringing a playful monster-movie twist to the familiar suburban family sitcom. Produced by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, the team behind ...
The Signing of the Judiciary Act of 1789
On September 24, 1789, President George Washington signed the Judiciary Act of 1789 into law, creating the operational framework for the federal judiciary envisioned by Article III of the U.S ...
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The Birth of Jim Henson
On September 24, 1936, legendary puppeteer, filmmaker, animator, and entertainment pioneer James Maury Henson was born in Greenville, Mississippi. Fascinated by the emerging medium of television, Henson transformed puppetry from ...
General Taylor and the Capitulation of Monterrey
On September 24, 1846, during the Mexican-American War, General Zachary Taylor negotiated the capitulation of Monterrey, Mexico, and an eight-week armistice after four days of hard fighting. The battle, among ...
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Annie Londonderry Returns to Boston After Her Round-the-World Ride
On September 24, 1895, Annie Cohen Kopchovsky—better known by her sponsored name, Annie Londonderry—returned to Boston after a 15-month journey that made her widely recognized as the first woman to ...
Theodore Roosevelt Designates Devils Tower National Monument
On September 24, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt used the newly enacted Antiquities Act to proclaim Devils Tower in northeastern Wyoming the first national monument in the United States. The order ...
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Brigadier General Billy Mitchell and the Fight for Air Power
On September 24, 1924, a photograph captured Brigadier General William “Billy” Mitchell and his wife, Caroline Stoddard Mitchell, during an equestrian outing—a rare personal moment amid one of the most ...
The Death of Tennessee Governor John Sevier
On September 24, 1815, legendary frontier commander and Tennessee statesman John Sevier died at age seventy while serving on a commission to establish the boundary between Georgia and Creek territory ...
WWII Aeromedical Evacuation in the European Theater
On September 24, 1944, a U.S. Army photographer recorded an Army Nurse Corps flight nurse caring for a wounded patient aboard a C-47 medical evacuation aircraft in the European Theater ...
The “Black Friday” Gold Panic of 1869
On September 24, 1869, a financial crisis remembered as Black Friday convulsed the U.S. gold market. The panic followed an attempt by Wall Street speculators Jay Gould and James Fisk ...
The Swift Trial and Conviction of Leon Czolgosz
On September 24, 1901, Leon Czolgosz—the anarchist who had fatally shot President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition—was convicted of first-degree murder in Buffalo, New York. His trial had begun ...
The Birth of American Longevity Pioneer Sarah Knauss
On September 24, 1880, Sarah DeRemer Knauss, née Clark, was born in Hollywood, a small coal-mining community in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. She would go on to become the oldest validated ...
The Television Premiere of The Love Boat
On September 24, 1977, the romantic comedy-drama anthology series The Love Boat made its regular prime-time network debut on ABC. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the series was set primarily aboard ...
Red Cross Leadership in the Post–World War I Era
On September 24, 1923, a National Photo Company photograph recorded President Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover with members of the American Red Cross during the organization’s annual ...
Jimmy Doolittle and the Breakthrough of Instrument Flight
On September 24, 1929, Lieutenant James “Jimmy” Doolittle—a U.S. Army Air Corps aviator and aeronautical engineer—made the first complete airplane takeoff, flight, and landing by sole reference to instruments. At ...
The Birth of Jazz Age Chronicler F. Scott Fitzgerald
On September 24, 1896, F. Scott Fitzgerald—the novelist, short-story writer, and defining literary voice of the Jazz Age—was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Named for his distant relative Francis Scott ...
