Sunday, October 01, 2017

History for October 1

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History for October 1 - On-This-Day.com
James Lawrence 1781, William Boeing 1881, Walter Matthau 1920
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 Jimmy Carter (U.S.) 1924, Richard Harris 1930, Julie Andrews 1935
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 1908 - The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850.
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 1961 - Roger Maris (New York Yankees) hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60.
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 1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host.
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 1964 - The Free Speech Movement was started at the University of California at Berkeley.
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 1968 - "Night of the Living Dead" premiered in Pittsburgh, PA.
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 1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.
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 1979 - The United States handed control of the Canal Zone over to Panama.
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 2001 - San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban Internet filters designed to keep pornography away from children at city libraries. The board left the decision up to the Library Commission to decide whether to install filtering software in children's areas. A federal law in the U.S. mandated the use of the filters.
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