Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On September 24, 1960, the Navy floated out a 1,100-foot carrier that swapped fuel oil for eight nuclear reactors.
On September 24, 1852, a French engineer bolted a steam engine to a hydrogen balloon and steered it across the sky near Paris.
On September 24, 1789, a single statute conjured the Supreme Court and the lower federal courts out of a one-line constitutional sketch.
