Local

Oct. 4, 1989: David Brom was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his parents, younger brother and sister. Brom was found guilty of the murders in Olmstead District Court on his 18th birthday.

Oct. 1, 1979: Le Ann Ignaszewski was crowned Albert Lea Homecoming Queen. Her attendants were Kristin Jenson, Terri Jensen, Jean Lundell and Joy Paulson.

Oct 5, 1979: Pope John Paul II made a stop at Living History Farms in Des Moines. More than 2,000 people stopped in Albert Lea on their way to see the Pope. The Pontiff blessed 340,000 worshipers who attended.

Oct. 1, 1969: Fountain Industries Inc. broke ground on construction of a 25,000-square-foot plant at 922 14th St. in Jobs Industrial Park. In 1966, Fountain Industries originated the coffee server that dispensed ready-to-drink freeze-dried coffee and other products.

 

National

2018: For the first time in major league history, tie-breaking games were needed to decide two division titles; the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 to capture the National League Central Division, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 for the Western Division crown.

2017: A gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans at a concert below, leaving 58 people dead and more than 800 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

2009: The U.S. and five other world powers held high-stakes talks with Iran in Geneva to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities; President Barack Obama, in Washington, called the discussions “a constructive beginning.”

1996: A federal grand jury indicted Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski in the 1994 mail bomb slaying of advertising executive Thomas Mosser.

1994: National Hockey League team owners began a 103-day lockout of their players.

1987: Eight people were killed when an earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9 struck the Los Angeles area.

1971: Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida.

1962: Johnny Carson debuted as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” beginning a nearly 30-year run.

1908: Henry Ford introduced his Model T automobile to the market.