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This Day In History October 01


Patriots learn of increased French support First installment of Madame Bovary is published Rose Greenhow dies Congress creates Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park established Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T Crisis in Germany Lawrence of Arabia captures Damascus Scientific American reports that radio will soon be used to transmit music to the home Jimmy Carter is born Franco heads Spain Experiments begin on homosexuals at Buchenwald Nazi war criminals sentenced at Nuremberg Mao Zedong proclaims People's Republic of China Roger Maris breaks home-run record South Vietnam requests a bilateral defense treaty Johnny Carson makes debut as Tonight Show host Suharto crushes Indonesian coup Earthquake rocks Southern California Mikhail Gorbachev becomes head of Supreme Soviet A 12-year-old girl is kidnapped Terrorists strike again in Bali
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