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1903: WORLD SERIES
This aerial view shows the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds during the first World Series game between the Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Boston, Ma., on Oct. 1, 1903. The Pirates defeated the Pilgrims in game one, 7-3. Boston went on to win the first American League versus the National League World Series, five games to three. (AP Photo)
1927: Chiang Kai-shek Soong Mei-ling
Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, Soong Mei-ling, are photographed in the garden of their home at Nanchang, China, on Oct. 1, 1927. Chiang Kai-shek, also known as Jiang Jieshi, succeeded Sun Yat-sen as leader of the National People's Party, KMT. Mei-ling Soong is a graduate of Wellesley College in the U.S.A. (AP Photo)
1934: Hauptmann Lindbergh
The collection of tools found by authorities in the garage of Bruno R. Hauptmann, Lindbergh kidnap suspect, that will be used in his trial by the state of New Jersey which, according to latest reports, is preparing to ask for his extradition from New York, Oct. 1, 1934. The tools will be examined by experts to determine whether or not they were used in making the ladder with which the kidnappers climbed to the Lindbergh baby?s nursery. (AP Photo)
1940: Albert Einstein
Prof. Albert Einstein, left, and his daughter Margot, converse with federal Judge Phillip Forman after the German born scientist and 88 others were admitted to citizenship at Trenton, NJ, on Oct. 1, 1940 (AP Photo)
1940: London Blitz - WWII
Deep underground, thousands of Londoners nightly wait out the danger of German air raids on the capital. Top, parents keep watch over their sleeping children in a London subway station, Oct. 1, 1940. (AP Photo)
1945: Jitterbug
U,S. Corporal Stanley Suski, left, and Miss Tamako, a Geisha girl, whirl a bit of Jitterbug, in a bar, in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 1, 1945. (AP Photo)
1946: CARDS DODGERS
Manager Eddie Dyer and catcher Joe Garagiola reach out to congratulate pitcher Howie Pollet after the Cardinals won the first game of a 1946 National League playoff against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Sportsman's Park. (AP Photo)
1946: Nuremberg
Associated Press war- correspondent J. Wes Gallagher races for the phone to report the news of the verdict at the Nazi war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 1, 1946. (AP Photo/B.I. Sanders)
1946: NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL
Hermann Goering, standing in foreground in the dock, makes his final plea during the latter stages of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial in the Justice Palace in Germany on Oct. 1, 1946. Each defendant's name and sentences imposed by the International Tribunal is listed on this photograph. Rudolf Hess, who received a life sentence, is hidden behind Goering. The others in the front row, from left, are, Goering; Joachim von Ribbentrop; Wilhelm Keitel; Ernest Kaltenbrunner; Alfred Rosenberg; Frank, wearing dark glasses; Wilhelm Frick; Julius Streicher; and Walter Funk. Second row, from left, are, Karl Doenitz; Erich Raeder; Baldur von Schirach; Fritz Sauckel; Alfred Jodl; Franz von Papen; Arthur Seyss-Inquart; Albert Speer; Constantin von Neurath; Fritzsche; Schacht. (AP Photo)
1958: Elvis
Young fans of Elvis Presley are trying to get closer to their hero when he arrived in Bremerhaven on Oct. 1, 1958. The military police is hindering the people in breaking the barricades. Presley came to Germany on the occasion of his Army service which he will spend at Friedberg in the Wetterau near Frankfurt am Main. (10/01/1958)(AP Photo/Brueg)
1959: CORVAIR
The 46th Paris Auto Show opened its doors on Oct. 1, 1959 at the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris. On display is the American General Motors Chevrolet "Corvair," which has its motor in the back of the car. (AP Photo)
1960: JOHN KENNEDY
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy clutches the rag doll of her daughter, Caroline, as she says good-bye to her husband John, the U.S. Presidential candidate, at the Hyannis airport on Oct. 1, 1960. (AP Photo)
1961: Roger Maris
Beaming Sal Durante, 19, is escorted by police as he holds up Roger Maris' 61st home run ball in Yankee Stadium, New York, Oct. 1, 1961. The ball is worth $5,000 offered by by a Sacramento, Calif., restaurateur Sam Gordpon provided the ball is returned to Maris. (AP Photo)
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. President John F. Kennedy, right, confers with his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 1962 during the buildup of military tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that became Cuban missile crisis later that month. (AP Photo)
1963: The Beatles
The Beatles, from left,George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr, perform on stage in London, England, Oct. 1, 1963. (AP Photo)
1968: Jerry Rubin
Jerry Rubin, peace protester, is in temporary police custody on Oct. 1, 1968, after being hustled from the hearing room of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He wore no shirt and is carrying a bandolero with live bullets. (AP Photo/Charles Harrity)
1970: Miles Davis
American jazz musician Miles Davis, center, escorts friends to funeral of rock-guitarist Jimi Hendrix in Seattle, Wa., Oct. 1, 1970. Davis is one of many musicians gathered to pay tribute to Hendrix, a native of Seattle who died of a drug overdose in London, England, Sept. 18. (AP Photo)
1971: Hurricane
Hurricane Ginger dumped over 8-inches of rain over North Carolina flooding the main street of Belhaven, N.C., with over three-feet of water. With no school a boy paddles down Main Street in Belhaven, N.C., on Oct. 1, 1971. (AP Photo)
1971: Pentagon Papers
Anthony J. Russo Jr., as associate of Daniel Ellsberg, leaves a Los Angeles federal courthouse on Oct. 1, 1971 after the court released him from jail on his promise to appear later before a federal Grand Jury investigating the leak of the so-called Pentagon Papers. Russo has been jailed since August 16. Ellsberg is in left background. (AP Photo/GB)
1975: ALI FRAZIER MANILA
Muhammad Ali is in the ring surrounded by his trainers, handlers and doctors after winning in the 14th round against Joe Frazier at the Coiseum in Manila, Oct. 1, 1975. (AP Photo)
1975: FRAZIER ALI
Heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier grimaces after Muhammad Ali landed a blow to Frazier's head during fight action of their heavyweight bout in Manila, the Philippines on Oct. 1, 1975. Ali won the fight after Frazier's manager stopped the fight in the fourteenth round. (AP Photo)
1977: Pele
Pele’s last game at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Oct. 1, 1977. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
1979: POPE JOHN PAUL II
An unidentified woman, right, passes flowers to Pope John Paul II, center, as she is pushed away by a secret service agent as his motorcade passes through Boston's South end Monday, Oct. 1, 1979. The Pope opens his six-day tour of the U.S. (AP Photo)
1979: School shooting
Teenager Brenda Spencer leaves court in Santa Ana, Ca., Monday, Oct. 1, 1979 after she pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the sniper attack on a San Diego school that left two men dead and eight children wounded on Monday, Jan. 16. Spencer, who said she did it because she doesn't like Mondays, was convicted on two counts of murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. (AP Photo)
1982: Japan Bullet Train
In this Oct. 1982 file, Japan's Shinkansen, high speed train, travels past Mount Fuji, crossing over the Fuji River, west of Tokyo. Zipping cross-country in a super-high speed train has become commonplace in many countries these days, but it was unheard of when Japan launched its bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka. (AP Photo/Fie)
