This Day In History

October 1st

1908  The new Model T cars introduced by Henry Ford come out for just $825.
1931  The George Washington Bridge was completed linking New Jersey at the Hudson River into New York.
1962  Ed McMahon introduced the new host of NBC-TV's Tonight Show in New York, Johnny Carson
1971  Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida, eventually becoming the world's largest man-made tourist attraction.
1980  The Ladies' Home Journal put actor Robert Redford on the cover, the first male in 97 years.

1920  Actor Walter Matthau (birth name Matuschanskayasky)
1924  39th US President Jimmy Carter
1927  Actor Tom Bosley
1935  Actress/Singer Julie Andrews
1950  Actor Randy Quaid

1957

• Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers

• Chances Are/The Twelfth of Never - Johnny Mathis

• Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

• My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You - Ray Price

1965

• Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

• Hang on Sloopy - The McCoys

• You Were on My Mind - We Five

• Is It Really Over? - Jim Reeves

1973

• We're an American Band - Grand Funk

• Half-Breed - Cher

• Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder

• Blood Red and Goin' Down - Tanya Tucker

1982

• Abracadabra - The Steve Miller Band

• Jack & Diane - John Cougar

• Who Can It be Now? - Men at Work

• What's Forever For - Michael Martin Murphey

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