October 1st:
1908- Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825)
1867- Karl Marx’ “Das Kapital” published
1569- Duke of Norfolk arrested by Queen Elizabeth I for conspiring to marry Mary Queen of Scots
1791- 1st session of new French legislative assembly
1795- France annexes Southern Netherlands
1830- General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam
1852- Alfred Russel Wallace returns to the U.K. after four years of travel, collecting, and research in South America
1864- Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed
1864- John Summerfield Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for US President Abraham Lincoln
1868- “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott is published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston
1888- National Geographic magazine publishes for the 1st time
1892- University of Chicago opens
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