THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Today is Thursday, September 24, 267th day of 2009. There are 98 days left in the year.

1493 _ Columbus' second expedition to the New World

1829 _ Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople

1852 _ A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated

1853 _ First round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt)

1895 _ First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months)

1934 _ 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium

1938 _ Don Budge becomes first tennis player to grand slam

1954 _ Tonight Show premiers on NBC (Johnny takes over eight years later)

1960 _ First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, launches (USS Enterprise)

1988 _ Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100-meter in 9.79 seconds