On This Day

September 24th

1789 Congress creates the Post Office. 1845 1st baseball team is organized. 1852 a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated. 1853 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt). 1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks. 1869 Black Friday: crashing gold prices causes stock market panic. 1895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months). 1954 "The Tonight Show" premieres. 1960 1st atomic powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched.

Birthdays

1870 Georges Claude, inventor of the neon light. 1936 Jim Hensen, who made Kermit & Miss Piggy what they are today.