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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 09:45:21 EDT

1880 - A new director of the United States Marine Corps Band was named. John
Philip Sousa became the band’s 17th leader. In 1888 he composed Semper
Fidelis, traditionally known as the official march of the Marine Corps.
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1903 - Cy Young played in his (and everyone else’s) first World Series
baseball game. The game was held in Boston between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the
Boston Pilgrims (now the Red Sox). Cy and Boston lost the game; the score was
Pittsburgh 7, Boston 3; however, Boston came back to win the series, five
games to three.
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1908 - Imagine paying just $825 for a new car! That’s what it cost to buy
the new Model T which was introduced by Henry Ford.
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1928 - Duke Ellington recorded The Mooche on the Okeh label.
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1928 - Forever, by Ben Pollack and his band, was recorded on Victor Records.
In Pollack’s band were two talented young musicians: Benny Goodman and Jack
Teagarden.
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1942 - Pop Quiz time: Who was the original host of People Are Funny? Radio
and TV fans might say, “Art Linkletter.” They would be wrong. Art Baker was
the original host.
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1946 - The first baseball play-off game for a league championship featured
the St. Louis Cardinals beating the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2.
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1952 - Emcee Ralph Edwards began a new TV program on NBC-TV called This is
Your Life. Each show began with Edwards surprising some unsuspecting victim,
er, lucky person. The surprisee would then be presented with the story of his
or her life, complete with friends and relatives who had been brought in for
the big occasion. The popular show ran for nine years.
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1957 - U.S. B-52 bombers in the Strategic Air Command went on 24-hour alert
status because of the perceived threat of an attack from the Soviet Union.
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1962 - “From New York ... heeeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” Ed McMahon introduced
the new host of NBC’s Tonight Show for the first time. Johnny Carson
entertained late-night America for nearly three decades, give or take 20 years for
vacations...
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1966 - I Love My Dog was released by Cat Stevens. He was 19 years old. Five
years later, he recorded such hits as Wild World, Morning Has Broken, Peace
Train and Oh Very Young. By 1979, Cat Stevens [born, Steven Demitri
Georgiou], disenchanted with the music business, converted to the Islamic religion and
changed his name to Yusef Islam. He may not have liked the music biz anymore
but Cat still loves his dog.
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1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida, USA. The opening was
planned for October when the crowds were slower. Disney planners wanted
everything to move slowly at first, so any problems that sprang up could be fixed
with minimal guest inconvenience. The dedication of the park was held on
October 25, 1971. Roy O. Disney stood with Mickey Mouse in Town Square and read the
dedication plaque: “Walt Disney World is a tribute to the philosophy and
life of Walter Elias Disney . . . and to the talents, the dedication, and the
loyalty of the entire Disney organization that made Walt Disney's dream come
true. May Walt Disney World bring Joy and Inspiration and New Knowledge to all
who come to this happy place . . . a Magic Kingdom where the young at heart
of all ages can laugh, and play, and learn - together.” Walt Disney World
eventually became the world’s largest, man-made, tourist attraction.
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1977 - 77,691 fans saw world-famous soccer player Pele in the last game of
his career -- at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. He played the first half with
the New York Cosmos and the second half with his former team, Santos of
Brazil.
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1980 - Ladies’ Home Journal startled readers. Robert Redford became the
first male to appear alone on the cover. It had taken 97 years for the magazine
to change its no-men-on-the-cover policy.
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1983 - Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart began a four-week run as
the number one single in the U.S. The song, from her Faster Than the Speed of
Night album, ran 5 minutes, 36 seconds and it took a day or two to get out of
your head after you listened to it...
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1987 - An earthquake in Los Angeles (eleven miles southeast of Pasadena)
killed eight people and injured 200. The quake caused $358 millon in property
damage and measured 5.9 on the Richter scale.
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1993 - The hauntingly beautiful (I Know I Got) Skillz, by Shaquille O’Neal,
was released. Just a sample: “...I’m big like Gorilla, 6-7, large, I kick
rhymes like moduck-kwong you, I smoke-smoke the mic-mic, I Chech and Chong you,
you don’t like Shaq, frankly I don't give a damn, I know I got skills man, I
know I got skills man...”
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1994 - Eric Clapton’s album From the Cradle was number one in the U.S. The
rest of the top five for the week: II (Boyz II Men); Rhythm of Love (Anita
Baker); The Lion King (soundtrack); Dookie (Green Day).
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1996 - Theodore Kaczynski was charged by a U.S. federal grand jury with
mailing a bomb that killed advertising executive Thomas Mosser in 1994.
Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, pleaded guilty in January 1998 to mail bombings
that killed three people and injured 23. He was sentenced in July 1997 to life
without possibility of parole by a federal court in Sacramento, California.

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