Today In History

Sun., Sept. 24, 2000

In 1869: Thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.

In 1955: President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.

In 1960: The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Va.

In 1963: The Senate ratified a treaty with the Soviet Union limiting nuclear testing.

In 1969: The trial of the “Chicago Eight” (later seven) began. (Five of the defendants were convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention, but the convictions were ultimately overturned.)

In 1976: Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for a 1974 bank robbery. (She was released after 22 months, granted clemency by President Carter.)

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