Today is Tuesday, Sept. 24, the 268th day of 2024. There are 98 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Sept. 24, 1969, the trial of the Chicago Eight, later the Chicago Seven, began. (Five were later convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, but the convictions were ultimately overturned.)

The Chicago 7: A timeline of the protests, the clashes, the trial and the fallout

Also on this date:

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

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 1906, President Theodore Roos

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