Today is Wednesday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2025. There are 98 days left in the year.

On Sept. 24, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Devil’s Tower in Wyoming as the first U.S. national monument.

In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America’s federal court system and creating the post of attorney general.

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

In 1957, the Los Angeles-bound Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.

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

In 1963

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