TODAY IN HISTORY

FRIDAY OCT 1, 2021 2017

A gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of 22,000country music fans at a concert below, leaving 58 people dead and more than 800 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history; the gunman, 64-yearold Stephen Craig Paddock, killed himself before officers arrived.

1908

Henry Ford introduced his Model T automobile to the market.

1910

The offices of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by a bomb explosion and fire; 21 Times employees were killed.

1949

Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China during a ceremony in Beijing. A 42-day strike by the United Steelworkers of America began over the issue of retirement benefits.

1957

The motto “In God We Trust” began appearing on U.S. paper currency.

1961

Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run during a 162-game season, compared to Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs during a 154-game season.

1971

Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida.

1982

Sony began selling the first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101, in Japan.

1987

Eight people were killed when an earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9struck the Los Angeles area.

1994

National Hockey League team owners began a 103day lockout of their players.

1996

A federal grand jury indicted Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski in the 1994 mail bomb slaying of advertising executive Thomas Mosser. The federal minimum wage rose 50 cents to four dollars, 75 cents an hour.

2015

A gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, killing nine people and then himself.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Former President Jimmy Carter is 97. Actor-singer Julie Andrews is 86. Actor Stella Stevens is 83. Rock musician Jerry Martini (Sly and the Family Stone) is 78. Baseball Hall-of-famer Rod Carew is 76. Jazz musician Dave Holland is 75.