01 October 1924: Born this day, Jimmy Carter served as the 39th U.S. president (1977–81) during a turbulent time at home and abroad, and he later received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 for his humanitarian work.

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01 October 331: Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, spelling the end of the Persian empire.

01 October 1908: Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market—the Model T car to the market. Each car cost 825.

01 October 1946: The verdict was handed down on 22 of the original 24 defendants in the Nürnberg trials, a series of trials held after World War II in which the International Military Tribunal indicted and tried former Nazi leaders as war criminals.

01 October 1949: People’s Republic of China established

01 October 1955: CBS Airs First Episode of The Honeymooners

01 October 1961: Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth’s record of 60 set in 1927.

01 October 1971: Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.

01 October 1982: Congress established the U.S. Claims Court (now the U.S. Court of Federal Claims) to handle cases in which the United States is a defendant.

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Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
- Oscar Wilde

The easiest thing to find is fault.
- Anonymous

First you’re an unknown, then you write one book and you move up to obscurity.
- Martin Myers

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
- Anatole France

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