OCTOBER 1
1961:In the last game of the season, New York Yankee slugger Roger Maris
breaks the home run record set by former Yankee great Babe Ruth. Maris'
61st home run comes in the season's 162nd game, leading detractors to
note that Ruth's record was set when the season had 154 games.
1903: Cy Young pitches for the Boston Americans (later known as the Boston Red Sox) in the first game of the modern World Series of Major League Baseball,
against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Although the Pirates win the opening
game 7-3, the Americans will win the overall series, five games to
three.
1908: Henry Ford's Model T goes on the market, produced at the
Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. The car,
nicknamed the Tin Lizzie, sells for $825 and is the first affordable
automobile for ordinary Americans.
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