
A bit of October 1st history…
331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia
1867 - Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital” published
1888 - National Geographic published for 1st time
1908 - Ford introduces Model T car - costs $825 (pictured)
1949 - People’s Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Zedong (National Day)
1957 - 1st appearance of “In God We Trust” on US paper currency
1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Florida
1988 - Steffi Graf wins 1st and only Golden Slam - Grand Slam and Olympics - in history
2012 - California becomes 1st US state to ban conversion therapy for minors
2017 - Stephen Paddock shoots dead 58 people, and injures 489 at a concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in American history
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