SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011

Today is Saturday, October 1, the 274th day of 2011. There are 91 days left in the year.

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

1791 ― First session of the new French legislative assembly

1903 ― First baseball World Series, Pitts Pirates vs. Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)

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

1936 ― General Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain

1949 ― People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day)

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

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

1982 ― West Germany's parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt

1989 ― Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany