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This Day in History — History Today - Oct. 1. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
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And see why thousands of guys have given them five stars. That's jackarcher.com slash this day for 15% off your first order. Welcome to history today. It's October 1st, and here's a brief look at a few things that happened on this day throughout history. On this day in 1553, Mary the first became the first queen to ascend to the throne as ruler of England. After the death of Edward VI, Lady Jane Gray was proclaimed as the new queen, but she was never crowned, and Mary Tudor led a successful campaign to have her jailed in the Tower of London after just nine days. Mary's coronation on this day began a bloody period in English history. After her father Henry VIII severed ties with the papacy and Rome, Mary was fervent in her desire to restore Catholicism to England. Two years into her reign, she revived England's heresy laws and began persecuting Protestants, burning about 300 convicted heretics,
mostly commoners at the stake, earning her the nickname Bloody Mary. In 1908, Ford's first Model T rolled off the line and Detroit Michigan. It featured a 22 horse power four cylinder engine could achieve a speed of around 40 miles per hour, and it cost $825. By 1914, with the addition of the assembly line, Ford was producing thousands of Model T's every week. On this day in 1962, Johnny Carson took over as host of the tonight show replacing Jack Parr. Carson went on to host the late night talk show for three decades, though it did come close to ending much sooner. During a contract dispute with NBC in 1967, several guest hosts were brought in to keep the show running, one of those being Bob Newhart. Newhart, a talented comedian himself, was courted as a potential replacement for Carson, but said he didn't want it, adding it's the toughest job in the world.
And in 2024, Claudia Shinebaum was sworn in as president of Mexico, becoming the first woman and the first Jewish person elected to lead the country. On this day in sports history in 1932, it was Babe Ruth's called shot, a moment that is still debated of whether he did, or he didn't. During game three of the World Series, Ruth appeared to point to the fence and center field, indicating that's where the next pitch was going, and then hit it there a few moments later. In 1961, New York Yankee Roger Maris hit his 61st home run of the season, passing Ruth for the single season home run record. Here's the wind up. Fast forward hit, keep the light. Looking up, way back there. Howard, Howard. Even though people talk about an asterisk being added to Maris's record, there was never actually an asterisk. Instead, two records were listed with Ruth holding the record
for a 154 game season. And Maris, the record holder for a 162 game season. Ruth's record was removed from the official record books in 1991, six years after Maris died. And in 1977, Brazilian soccer legend Pele played the final game of his career. His New York Cosmos played an exhibition against Santos in front of about 75,000 folks gathered at Giants Stadium. That's all for now. Come back tomorrow for another look around history's calendar. Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a great day.
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