October 01
1800
Spain ceded Louisiana to France in the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1908
Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market—the Model T car to the market. Each car cost $825.
1936
General Francisco Franco became head of the insurgent Spanish government.
1961
Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth’s record of 60 set in 1927.
1971
Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.
Birthdays
James Carter, Jr.
American President, 1924—
James Earl Carter, Jr., was born in the tiny village of Plains, Ga., Oct. 1, 1924, and grew up on the family farm at nearby Archery. Both parents were fifth-generation Georgians. His father, James Earl Carter, was known as a segregationist, but treated his black and white workers equally. Carter’s mother, Lillian Gordy, was a matriarchal presence in home and community and opposed the then-prevailing code of racial inequality. The future president was baptized in 1935 in the conservative Southern Baptist Church and spoke often of being a “born again” Christian, although committed to the separation of church and state.
William Edward Boeing
aircraft manufacturer (1881)
Vladimir Horowitz
pianist (1904)
Walter Matthau
actor (1920)
William Rehnquist
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1924)
Tom Bosley
actor (1927)
Julie Andrews
actress (1935)
Randy Quaid
actor (1950)
Mark McGwire
baseball player (1963)