Sept 24
1493 Christopher Columbus embarks on his second expedition to the New World, setting sail with a fleet of 17 ships
1789 President George Washington signs the Federal Judiciary Act, establishing the federal court system and a Supreme Court with six justices, and nominates John Jay as the first chief justice
1869 Black Friday: Panic on Wall Street after investors Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market
1877 Battle of Shiroyama: Imperial Japanese Army decisively defeats the Satsuma Rebellion
1890 President of the Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, issues a manifesto advising members that the teaching and practice of polygamy be abandoned
1934 2,500 fans witness Babe Ruth's final New York Yankees appearance at Yankee Stadium
1950 Operation Magic Carpet concludes after transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel
1952 American fast food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah, after Colonel Harland Sanders franchises his recipe to friend Pete Harman
1957 "Jailhouse Rock" single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)
1968 CBS premieres the groundbreaking television news magazine "60 Minutes," created by Don Hewitt and initially hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner
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