By The Associated Press

Today in History

Today is Thursday, Sept. 24, the 268th day of 2020. There are 98 days left in the year.

Todayís Highlight in History:

On September 24, 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing Americaís federal court system and creating the post of attorney general.

On this date:

In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as ìBlack Fridayî after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.

In 1890, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, wrote a manifesto renouncing the practice of plural marriage, or polygamy.

In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.

In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.