SEPTEMBER 24
1969:The "Chicago Eight" go on trial for conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. When Bobby Seale is tried separately, it becomes the "Chicago Seven": David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, John Froines and Lee Weiner.
1934: Babe Ruth plays in his final home game for the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, nicknamed the "House That Ruth Built." It is a bittersweet 5-0 loss to Ruth's former team, the Boston Red Sox.
1938: Don Budge defeats Gene Mako to win the U.S. Open in Forest Hills, N.Y., becoming the first tennis player to win a Grand Slam within a single calendar year. Budge had won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon earlier in 1938.
1946:Cathy Pacific Air founded in Hong Kong
1948:The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1968:The investigative news program "60 Minutes" debuts on CBS.
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