TODAY IN HISTORY

Monday, September  24, 2012 AP Highlight in History:  On Sept. 24, 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Va..   AP Photo
On this date in: 1755 John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States, was born in Germantown, Virginia. 1789 Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for an attorney general and a Supreme Court. 1869 Financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market, sending Wall Street into a panic and leaving thousands of investors in financial ruin. 1896 Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minn. AP Photo 1957 The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field before moving to Los Angeles for the next season. AP Photo 1968 "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS. 1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. 1991 The album "Nevermind" by Nirvana was released. 2007 United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976. (A tentative pact ended the walkout two days later.)		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Actress, screenwriter Nia Vardalos ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding") turns 50 years old today. AP Photo/Peter Kramer Name Profession Age Gerry Marsden Singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers) 70 Lou Dobbs News anchor 67 Gordon Clapp Actor ("NYPD Blue") 64 Joseph Kennedy II Former U.S. representative, D-Mass. 60 Kevin Sorbo Actor 54 Paul Hamm Olympic gymnast 30 Football Hall of Famer Joe Greene turns 66 years old today. AP Photo/Gene Puskar