GMT 10/1/2016

This Day In History:

1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso.

1811 – The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans.

1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.

1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.

1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.

1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California.

1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

1908 – Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.

1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg trials.

1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.

1962 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.

1975 – Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.

1982 – Epcot opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

1982 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).