Today in History: October 1, Bombing on newspaper offices kills 21

This day is Wednesday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year The present day in history On Oct the offices of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by a dynamite explosion and fire killing employees union activist J B McNamara eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for the bombing Also on this date In Yosemite National Park was established by the U S Congress Related Articles Authorities shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty AI actor Tilly Norwood stirs outrage in Hollywood FTC sues Zillow and Redfin over deal it accuses of supressing competition in rental ads OpenAI s ChatGPT now lets users buy from Etsy Shopify in push for chatbot shopping California police pull over a self-driving Waymo for an illegal U-turn but they can t ticket In the first modern baseball World Series began with the National League s Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the American League s Boston Americans in Encounter Boston would ultimately win the series - In Henry Ford introduced his mass-produced Model T automobile to the sector Between and Ford would build more than million Model T cars In Mao Zedong leader of the communist People s Liberation Army proclaimed the People s Republic of China during a ceremony in Beijing In the motto In God We Trust began appearing on U S paper currency In federal marshals escorted James Meredith as he enrolled as the first Black pupil at the University of Mississippi Meredith s presence sparked rioting that left two people dead In the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California Berkeley as students surrounded a police car containing an arrested campus activist for more than hours In Walt Disney World opened near Orlando Florida In Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila the last of their three boxing bouts for the heavyweight championship In in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U S history a gunman opened fire from a room at the high-rise Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of fans at a country music concert below causing deaths and more than injuries In Claudia Sheinbaum a scientist-turned-politician was sworn in as the first female president of Mexico In contemporary times s Birthdays Actor-singer Julie Andrews is Film director Jean-Jacques Annaud is Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew is Actor Randy Quaid is Singer Youssou N Dour is Actor Esai Morales is Retired MLB All-Star Mark McGwire is Actor Zach Galifianakis is Actor Sarah Drew is Actor-comedian Beck Bennett is Actor Jurnee Smollett is Actor Brie Larson is