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| 1903 | The visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Americans 7-3 in the first World Series game. |
| 1908 | Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825. |
| 1936 | General Francisco Franco was proclaimed the head of an insurgent Spanish state. |
| 1939 | Winston Churchill described the Soviet Union as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" during a radio broadcast. |
| 1961 | Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking the record Babe Ruth set in 1927.
 | Yankees broadcaster Phil Rizzuto makes the call |
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| 1962 | Johnny Carson debuted as regular host of NBC's "Tonight" show. |
| 1964 | The Free Speech Movement was launched at the University of California at Berkeley. |
| 1971 | Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Fla. |
| 1982 | Sony began selling the first commercial compact disc player in Japan. |
| 1993 | Polly Klaas, 12, was abducted from her Petaluma, Calif., home during a slumber party and murdered. (Her case inspired California's three-strikes law.) |
| 2001 | The Supreme Court suspended former President Bill Clinton from practicing before the high court. |
| 2008 | A $700 billion financial industry bailout won lopsided passage in the Senate, 74-25, after it was loaded with tax breaks and other sweeteners. |
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