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1789 - President George Washington appoints six people to the first Supreme Court of the United States, with John Jay of New York to serve as Chief Justice. Washington's appointments are confirmed by the Senate two days later.

1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt signs a bill designating Devils Tower, a natural rock formation, as the country's first National Monument. Located in the Black Hills of Wyoming, Devils Tower is an enormous fluted column of volcanic rock, rising 865 feet over a base of gray igneous rock 1,700 feet in diameter.

1941 - In London, nine Allied governments sign the Atlantic Charter, drafted by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill at a secret meeting in Newfoundland, Canada, the month before. The declaration contains eight articles of agreement and defines the aims of the two governments during and after the war.

1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends a force of over 1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers to Little Rock, Arkansas, to suppress racial violence stemming from the attempted desegregation of Central High School. The troops secure the area, escorting nine African-American students into the building the following day.

1967 - Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals decisively sets a new kicking record when he scores seven fields goals in one game. His impressive record has been matched by Rich Karlis of the Minnesota Vikings and Chris Boniol of the Dallas Cowboys, but not been surpassed to this date.

1969 - The trial of the Chicago Eight, radical leaders accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention, begins in Chicago, Illinois. During the convention, which was the most violent in U.S. history, antiwar protesters clashed with police and national guardsmen, as hundreds of people, including innocent bystanders and members of the press, were beaten by the police, often in full view of television cameras. The Chicago Eight maintain that they are on trial solely for their political views, and one defendant, Bobby Seale, disrupts the trial to such a degree that he is ordered bound and gagged by the judge, before being sentenced to four years in prison for contempt. On October 9, the National Guard is called into Chicago again, this time to disperse supporters and demonstrators massed outside the courthouse.

1975 - British mountaineers Doug Scott and Dougal Haston become the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest via the southwest face.

1988 - Canadian athlete Ben Johnson sets a new world record of 9.79 seconds for the 100-meter dash at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Six days later he is stripped of his gold medal when he tests positive for having taken banned substances in preparation for the Games.

1993 - Imelda Marcos, wife of the late Filipino president Ferdinand Marcos, is sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment in the Philippines after being found guilty on charges of corruption. The U.S.-backed regime of Ferdinand Marcos was marked by misuse of foreign financial support, repression, and political murders, most notably of Marcos' political opponent Benigno Aquino. In 1986, Marcos was overthrown by a popular front led by Corazon Aquino, wife of the assassinated politician, and Ferdinand and Imelda fled to exile in Hawaii, where they faced investigation on charges of financial mismanagement and corruption. After Ferdinand's death in 1989, Imelda returned to the Philippines, making a presidential bid as she fought charges against her. As of this date, Marcos continues to appeal her conviction.

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Birthday Board: September 24

1755 - John Marshall (attorney: 4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
1896 - F. Scott Fitzgerald (writer: This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night)

1912 - Don Porter (actor: Our Miss Brooks, The Candidate, Bachelor in Paradise)

1915 - Larry Gates (actor: Backstairs at the White House, Death of a Gunfighter, The Sand Pebbles, Toys in the Attic)

1921 - Jim McKay (McManus) (Emmy Award-winning commentator: Coverage of the Munich Olympic Tragedy: ABC Special [1972]; sportscaster: ABC's Wide World of Sports; newspaper writer: The Baltimore Sun)

1924 - Sheila MacRae (Stephens) (comedienne: The Honeymooners, The Jackie Gleason Show; author: Mother of the Year; wife of singer, actor Gordon MacRae)

1931 - Anthony Newley (actor: Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, Roar of the Grease Paint, Oliver Twist, No Time to Die; singer: What Kind of Fool Am I?)

1936 - Jim Henson (see "Muppeteer" Day above)

1940 - Barbara Allbut (singer: group: Angels: My Boyfriend's Back)

1941 - John Mackey (Pro Football Hall of Famer: Baltimore Colts: Super Bowl V; San Diego Chargers)

1941 - Linda McCartney (Eastman) (photographer: Rolling Stone magazine; singer: group: Wings: Silly Love Songs w/husband, Paul McCartney)

1942 - Gerry Marsden (singer: group: Gerry & The Pacemakers: Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying, I'm the One, Ferry Cross the Mersey)

1946 - 'Mean' Joe (Charles) Greene (Pro Football Hall of Fame: Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle: 'The Steel Curtain': two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year; Super Bowl IX, X, XIII, XIV; defensive line coach: Pittsburgh Steelers)

1948 - Phil Hartman (comedian, actor: Saturday Night Live, Greedy, Houseguest, Cheech and Chong's Next Movie)

1948 - Eric Soderholm (baseball)

1951 - Terry Metcalf (football)

1952 - Rod Gilbreath (baseball)

1956 - Hubie Brooks (baseball)

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Chart Toppers: September 24

1956
Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience and Prudence

Theme Song from 'Song for a Summer Night' - Mitch Miller

The Fool - Sanford Clark

1964
The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Bread and Butter - The Newbeats

Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

I Guess I'm Crazy - Jim Reeves

1972
Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me - Mac Davis
Saturday in the Park - Chicago

Back Stabbers - O'Jays

I Can't Stop Loving You - Conway Twitty

1980
Upside Down - Diana Ross
Give Me the Night - George Benson

Late in the Evening - Paul Simon

Lookin' for Love - Johnny Lee

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1912 Scott Reaches the South Pole

After a two-month ordeal, the expedition of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrives at the South Pole only to find that Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, had preceded them by just over a month. Scott, a British naval officer, began his first Antarctic expedition in 1901 aboard the Discovery. During three years of exploration, Scott discovered the Edward VII Peninsula, surveyed the coast of Victoria Land, and led limited expeditions into the continent itself. In 1910, he traveled to Antarctica again in search of the South Pole, and in November of 1911, started southward on foot from a British base on the Ross Sea toward the Pole. Scott and his four companions pulled their heavy sleds by hand across the high polar plateau, proceeding in sub-zero weather the entire way. Midway into their journey, unbeknownst to the British explorers, Amundsen had reached the South Pole region using dog sleds that averaged fifteen miles a day. The British party reached the Pole on January 18, 1912, and disappointed to find that they had been beaten by Amundsen, prepared for the long, difficult journey home. On their retreat back to base, the expedition was beset by lack of food, illness, frostbite, and blizzards. All five members died; the last three were overwhelmed by a blizzard only a few miles from their base. Their bodies were later recovered, including a diary written by Scott documenting the disastrous expedition.

1919 Peace Conference at Versailles Begins

The international peace conference seeking a formal end to World War I opens at Versailles, France, two months after the termination of the massive conflict. The chief negotiators at the conference are the leaders of the four major Allied powers: Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain, Premier Georges Clemenceau of France, Premier Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States. In 1918, it was the fair terms of President Wilson's peace

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