Today is Saturday, September 24, 267th day of 2011. There are 98 days left in the year.
312 ― Start of Imperial Indication
787 ― Second Council of Nicaea (Seventh ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor
1493 ― Columbus' second expedition to the New World
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 ― About 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium
1938 ― Don Budge becomes first tennis player to grand slam
1973 ― Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) declares independence
1976 ― Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to seven years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter