{"id":22460,"date":"2015-09-24T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=22460"},"modified":"2015-09-24T08:37:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:37:06","slug":"today-in-history-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=22460","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22461\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=22461\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22461\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22461\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Enterprise-300x172.jpg?resize=300%2C172\" alt=\"A throng estimated at 15,000 gather to watch the christening of the USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, at Newport News, Va., Sept. 24, 1960. (AP Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A throng estimated at 15,000 gather to watch the christening of the USS Enterprise, the world&#8217;s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, at Newport News, Va., Sept. 24, 1960. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 24, 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Va..<\/p>\n<p>On this date in:<br \/>\n1755- John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States, was born in Germantown, Virginia.<br \/>\n1789- Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for an attorney general and a Supreme Court.<br \/>\n1869- Financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market, sending Wall Street into a panic and leaving thousands of investors in financial ruin.<br \/>\n1896- Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minn.<br \/>\n1957- The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field before moving to Los Angeles for the next season.<br \/>\n1968- &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; premiered on CBS.<br \/>\n1976- Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery.<br \/>\n1991- The album &#8220;Nevermind&#8221; by Nirvana was released.<br \/>\n2007- United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976. (A tentative pact ended the walkout two days later.)<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Birthdays:<br \/>\nActress, screenwriter Nia Vardalos (&#8220;My Big Fat Greek Wedding&#8221;) turns 53 years old today.<br \/>\nGerry Marsden, Singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers), 73<br \/>\nLou Dobbs, News anchor, 70<br \/>\nGordon Clapp, Actor (&#8220;NYPD Blue&#8221;), 67<br \/>\nJoseph Kennedy II, Former U.S. representative, D-Mass., 63<br \/>\nKevin Sorbo, Actor, 57<br \/>\nPaul Hamm, Olympic gymnast, 33<br \/>\nFootball Hall of Famer Joe Greene turns 69 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press On Sept. 24, 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Va.. 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