On this date in

622 Muhammad and his flowers completed their Hijira from Mecca to Medina.

1789 Congress passed an act establishing the federal court system and the number of Supreme Court Justices.

1869 Gold prices plummet on what became known as Black Friday.

1890 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounced polygamy.

1906 President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower the nation's first national monument.

1948 The Honda motor company was founded.

1957 The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.

1960 The USS Enterprise, the nation's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, was launched.

1968 "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS television.

1976 Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for bank robbery.

1991 Theodore Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) died.

1996 President Clinton and the world's other nuclear powers signed a treaty ending the testing and development of nuclear weapons.

Born on this date
Irish brewer Sir Arthur Guinness (1725-1803)
Supreme Court Justice John Marshall (1755-1835)
Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Actor Don Porter (1912-1997)
Sportscaster Jim McKay (1921-2008)
Singer-Actor Anthony Newley (1931-1999)
Puppeteer Jim Henson (1936-1990)
Photographer-musician Linda McCartney (1941-1998)
Actor Phil Hartman (1948-1998)