On this day in history

Ok, I know... this is a stretch. I have nothing for today. Here are the historical events that I could find for this day in history, September 24th.

1869 – "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.

1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

1990 – Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn

2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.

Births: 1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)

Deaths: 1991 – Dr. Seuss, American children's writer (b. 1904)

Hope that makes you feel smarter... or something.