October 1
Today in America's Present Past
1730 | Founder Richard Stockton was born.
1800 | Spain cedes Louisiana to France.
1742 | Civil Rights: Bloody Election riot.
1768 | War of Independence: British land General Gage and troops to reinforce their colonies.
1781 | Naval hero James Lawrence was born.
1799 | Lawyer Rufus Choate was born.
1832 | First Lady Caroline Harrison was born.
1868 | Author, Louisiana May Alcott, published Little Women.
1880 | John Philip Sousa becomes the director of the Marine Corps Band.
1881 | Entrepreneur William Boeing was born.
1884 | William Jennings Bryan wed Elizabeth Baird.
1885 | Poet Louis Untermeyer was born.
1888 | POTUS: Democrat President Cleveland signed the Scott Act.
1888 | The National Geographic magazine was first published.
1890 | Congress: Created the Yosemite National Park.
1891 | Stanford University opened.
1892 | The University of Chicago opened.
1903 | Baseball’s first World Series game was played.
1907 | The Panic of 1907 began on the stock market.
1907 | Boxer Maxie Rosenbloom was born.
1910 | Outlaw Bonnie Parker was born.
1916 | General Galusha Pennypacker died.
1920 | Actor Walter Matthau was born.
1924 | POTUS: President Jimmy Carter was born.
1924 | SCOTUS: Chief Justice William Rehnquist was born.
1928 | Actor George Peppard was born.
1942 | Little Golden Books began publishing.
1945 | U.S. Office of Strategic Services disbands.
1945 | Boxer champion Joe Louis was discharged from the U.S. Army.
1947 | The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1948 | Civil Rights: California voids state prohibition on interracial marriage.
1949 | Cleric Isaac Bonewits was born in Royal Oak, Michigan.
1957 | Cold War: B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of Soviet attack.
1957 | “In God We Trust” appears on U.S. currency for the first time.
1961 | Musicians “The Beach Boys” record their single, “Surfin’.”
1962 | Civil Rights: James Meredith becomes the first African American student at the University of Mississippi.
1963 | Baseball Pro Mark McGwire was born.
1968 | Film: “The Night of the Living Dead” debuted.
1971 | Walt Disney World opened.
1975 | “Thriller in Manila,” the heavyweight boxing match ends with Muhammad Ali beating Joe Frazier.
1977 | The U.S. Department of Energy was established.
1979 | Pope John Paul II begins his first papal visit to the US.
1982 | Disney opened the Epcot Center.
1985 | Author E. B. White died.
1989 | General Colin Powell promoted to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
1989 | Actress Brie Larson was born.
1990 | General Curtis LeMay died.
1992 | The Cartoon Cable Network debuted.
2013 | Novelist Tom Clancy died.