TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024

1493-Columbus' second expedition to the New World

1845-First baseball team is organized

1869-Black Friday; Wall St. panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold

1938-Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam

1963-Senate ratifies treaty with Britain & USSR limit nuclear testing

1973-Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) declares independence

1976-Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter

1982-U.S., Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon

1985-Apollo Computer Inc. lays off 300 employees

1988-Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec

1990-South African president F.W. de Klerk meets President Bush in Washington, D.C.

1990-Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market