Today is Tuesday, October 1, the 275th day of 2024. There are 91 days left in the year.
Today in History:
On October 1, 2017, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, a gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans at a concert below, killing 60 and injuring more than 850 .
Also this date:
In 1890, Yosemite National Park was designated by the US Congress.
In 1903, the first modern baseball World Series began, with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Boston Americans in Game 1; Boston would eventually win the series 5-3.
In 1908, Henry Ford introduced his Model T car to the market.
In 1910, the offices of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by a bomb explosion and fire; 21 employees were killed.
In 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China during a ceremony in Beijing.
In 1957, the motto “In God We Trust” began appearing on US paper currency.
In 1964, the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California, Berkeley, when students surrounded a police car containing an arrested campus activist for more than 30 hours.
In 1971, Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida.
In 1975, Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in the “Thrilla in Manila”, the last of their three fights.
Today’s birthdays:
- Former President Jimmy Carter is 100 years old.
- Actor and singer Julie Andrews is 89 years old.
- Film director Jean-Jacques Annaud is 81 years old.
- Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew is 79 years old.
- Actor Randy Quaid is 74.
- Singer Youssou N’Dour is 65 years old.
- Actor Esai Morales is 62 years old.
- Retired MLB All-Star Mark McGwire is 61 years old.
- Actor Zach Galifianakis is 55.
- Actress Sarah Drew is 44.
- Actor-comedian Beck Bennett is 40 years old.
- Actor Jurnee Smollett is 38 years old.
- Actress Brie Larson is 35.