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| Science Boy
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|  On This Day (October 1)
- 331 BC – Alexander the Great of Macedon defeated Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, and was subsequently crowned "King of Asia" in a ceremony in Arbela.
- 1847 - German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
- 1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer born (d. 1935)
- 1869 - Austria issues the world's first postcards.
- 1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Corps Band.
- 1880 - First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1881 - William Boeing, American engineer born (d. 1956)
- 1885 - United States begins special-delivery mail service.
- 1890 – At the urging of preservationist John Muir, the United States Congress established Yosemite National Park in California.
- 1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist born (d. 1989)
- 1908 - Ford introduces the Model T car.
- 1926 - An oil field accident cost aviator Wiley Post his left eye, but he used the settlement money to buy his first aircraft.
- 1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
- 1949 – Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
- 1957 - First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
- 1958 - NASA created to replace NACA.
- 1964 – Tōkaidō Shinkansen, the first Shinkansen line of high-speed railways in Japan, opened.
On This Day (September 30) - 1791 - The Magic Flute, the last opera composed by Mozart premiered at Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria.
- 1861 - William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) born (d. 1932)
- 1901 - Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner.
- 1924 - Truman Capote, American author born (d. 1984)
- 1954 - The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
- 1960 - The Flintstones made their debut on primetime.
- 1964 - Monica Bellucci, Italian actress born
- 1978 - Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist died (b. 1903)
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