Today is Tuesday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2013. There are 91 days left in the year.
On Oct. 1, 1908, Henry Ford introduced his Model T automobile to the market.
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In 1910, the offices of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by a bomb explosion and fire; 21 employees were killed.
In 1937, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black acknowledged in a radio address being a former member of the Ku Klux Klan.
In 1961, the Yankees' Roger Maris hit his 61st home run to break Babe Ruth's 1927 record.
In 1987, eight people were killed when an earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9 struck the Los Angeles area.