1180 With the death of Manuel I Komnenos, the last Byzantine Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, the Byzantine Empire begins its terminal decline 1493 Christopher Columbus embarks on his second expedition to the New World, setting sail with a fleet of 17 ships 1789 President George Washington signs the Federal Judiciary Act, establishing the federal court system and a Supreme Court with six justices, and nominates John Jay as the first chief justice 1869 Black Friday: Panic on Wall Street after investors Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market 1877 Battle of Shiroyama: Imperial Japanese Army decisively defeats the Satsuma Rebellion Operation Magic Carpet 1950 Operation Magic Carpet concludes after transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel Operation Magic Carpet 1968 CBS premieres the groundbreaking television news magazine " 60 Minutes ," created by Don Hewitt and initially hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner Jailhouse Rock Premieres 1957 " Jailhouse Rock " single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957) Jailhouse Rock Premieres 1934 2,500 fans witness Babe Ruth 's final New York Yankees appearance at Yankee Stadium President of the Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, issues a manifesto advising members that the teaching and practice of polygamy be abandoned On This Day in 1890 Girolamo Cardano 1501 - 1576 Girolamo Cardano Albrecht von Wallenstein 1583 - 1634 Albrecht von Wallenstein John Marshall 1755 - 1835 F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896 - 1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald Ayatollah Khomeini 1902 - 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini

Konstantin Chernenko 1911 - 1985 Konstantin Chernenko Jim Henson 1936 - 1990 Linda McCartney 1941 - 1998 Linda McCartney Phil Hartman 1948 - 1998 Eddie George 53rd Birthday American fast food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah, after Colonel Harland Sanders franchises his recipe to friend Pete Harman On This Day in 1952 1487 Founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak marries Mata Sulakhani in Batala 1531 Gustav I, King of Sweden (35) marries his first wife Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (18) in Stockholm 1949 Retired American MLB outfielder Ty Cobb (61) weds American divorcée Frances Cass (40); divorce in 1956 Paracelsus 1493 - 1541 Pedro I 1798 - 1834 Dr. Seuss 1904 - 1991 They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike. September 24, 1916 Abraham Lincoln Elizabeth Cady Stanton Frederick Douglass George Washington Martin Luther King Jr. Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.