MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2007

Today is Monday, October 1, the 273rd day of 2007. There are 92 days left in the year.

2016 B.C. _ The origin of Era of Abraham

331 B.C. _ Alexander the Great of Macedon defeats the Persian army at Gaugamela

366 _ St. Damasus I begins his reign as Catholic pope

1800 _ Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty

1890 _ Yosemite National Park established

1908 _ Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825)

1936 _ Gen. Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain

1939 _ Winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as ``a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"

1949 _ The People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung

1949 _ The Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa

1960 _ Nigeria gains independence from Britain

1971 _ Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens

1977 _ Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games

1982 _ West Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt

1990 _ President Bush at the U.N., condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait