Today is Saturday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2005. There are 98 days left in the year. On this

Today is Saturday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2005. There are 98 days left in the year. On this date in1789, Congress passes the First Judiciary Act, which provides for an attorney general and a supreme court.
In 1869, thousands of businessmen are ruined in a Wall Street panic after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market. In 1929, Lt. James H. Doolittle guides a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchel Field in New York in the first all-instrument flight. In 1934, Babe Ruth makes his farewell appearance as a regular player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox win, 5-0.) In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched at Newport News, Va. In 1963, the U.S. Senate ratifies a treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union limiting nuclear testing. In 1969, the trial of the "Chicago Eight" (later seven) begins. (Five of the defendants are convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention, but the convictions are ultimately overturned.) In 1976, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. In 1995, Israel and the PLO agree to sign a pact at the White House ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities. In 2004, Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, appeals to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly to unite behind his country's effort to rein in spiraling violence, lighten the foreign debt and improve security ahead of the January elections.
In 1869, thousands of businessmen are ruined in a Wall Street panic after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market. In 1929, Lt. James H. Doolittle guides a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchel Field in New York in the first all-instrument flight. In 1934, Babe Ruth makes his farewell appearance as a regular player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox win, 5-0.) In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched at Newport News, Va. In 1963, the U.S. Senate ratifies a treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union limiting nuclear testing. In 1969, the trial of the "Chicago Eight" (later seven) begins. (Five of the defendants are convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention, but the convictions are ultimately overturned.) In 1976, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. In 1995, Israel and the PLO agree to sign a pact at the White House ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities. In 2004, Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, appeals to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly to unite behind his country's effort to rein in spiraling violence, lighten the foreign debt and improve security ahead of the January elections.
Most American contract workers have been evacuated from Iraq to Kuwait as the war between Iraq and Iran escalates. President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, who sent his armed forces against Iran, is described as a tough pragmatist who has tried to push himself and his nation into leadership roles in the Arab world.
September 24, 1965: Opening the United Appeal-Red Cross drive, Dr. Sidney Berkowitz tells volunteers that they should not be shy about asking for a little more this year, citing demands on the agencies because of fighting in Vietnam and the recent hurricane disaster in New Orleans.
H.S. "Dave" Warwick, 81, of 833 Pennsylvania Ave., long-time community leader and proponent of the Lake-to-River Canal, dies at his home. His support for a waterway stretched back to the 1920s.
September 24, 1955: A 69-year-old retired steelworker is seriously burned when gas explodes in a two-story home at 359 Broadway Avenue. The burned man, Ynofer Yedenack, walked six blocks to the gate of the U.S. Steel Ohio works for aid.
An unidentified wild driver rides his vehicle 50 feet on the Market St. sidewalk and crashes into two large plate glass windows of the L.F. Donnell Ford Agency at 1811 Market St. A $500 reward has been posted for the identity of the driver.
September 24, 1930: As the Mahoning County grand jury continues to dig deeper into the affairs of the board of elections, there are reports that the investigation has been switched to include several other county offices.
About 50 craftsmen employed on remodeling the Central YMCA building, which was scheduled to be completed Oct. 4, discontinue work in a dispute that arose when journeymen painters refused to accept a wage cut from $11 a day to $9.