1908
Only $825
Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market—the Model T car to the market. Each car cost $825.
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1800
Spain ceded Louisiana to France in the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso. Although Napoleon Bonaparte agreed never to alienate Louisiana, he disregarded the treaty and sold Louisiana to the United States three years later.
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1936
General Francisco Franco became head of the insurgent Spanish government.
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1961
Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 60 set in 1927.
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1971
Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida, 16 years after Disneyland debuted in Anaheim, Calif.
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