Today is Saturday, Sept. 24, the 268th day of 2016. There are 98 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1934, Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox won, 5-0.)
In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia. “The Howdy Doody Show” ended a nearly 13-year run with its final telecast on NBC.
In 1988, members of the eastern Massachusetts Episcopal diocese elected Barbara C. Harris the first female bishop in the church’s history.
In 1991, children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as “Dr. Seuss,” died in La Jolla, California, at age 87.
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