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