On This Day October 1st

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October 1st is the two hundred seventy-fourth day of the year, and there are 91 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Event

331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.

1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.

1814 – The Congress of Vienna opens intending to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.

1890 – the U.S. Congress established Yosemite National Park.

1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

1928 – Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first New York City metro area airport.

1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.

1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.

1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.

1982 – EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.

1982 – Sony and Phillips launched the compact disc in Japan; the same day, Sony released the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.

 

Birthdays

 1542 – Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (d. 1595)

1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)

1896 – Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)

1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (d. 1989)

1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)

1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)

1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)

1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)

1950 – Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician.

1964 – Christopher Titus, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

 

Holiday Spotlight

 Model T Day

In the late 1800s, modern cars were first manufactured in Germany and later made their way to America. However, they were initially unaffordable for ordinary Americans. In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T, the first mass-produced car that was affordable for the middle class. This left-hand drive vehicle had a sturdy vanadium alloy steel body and was the first car with all parts built in-house. The Model T's popularity led to the construction of a new 60-acre factory in Highland Park, featuring a moving assembly line that reduced production time to less than six hours.

 

Holidays And Observance.

CD Player Day

Homemade Cookies Day

International Coffee Day - (Celebrated on September 29 in the United States)

International Music Day

International Raccoon Appreciation Day

Less than Perfect Day

Model T Day

National Black Dog Day

National Hair Day

National Walk Your Dog Day

Pudding Season Begins

Vegan Baking Day

Willy Wonka Day

World Ballet Day

World Vegetarian Day     

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