THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2026

The Korea Times reports on significant events throughout history, including the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 B.C., where Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia; the invitation of Prince William of Orange to assume the British crown in 1688; the Congress of Vienna in 1814, which reshaped Europe's political landscape post-Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat; the publication of Karl Marx's "Das Kapital" in 1867, critiquing capitalism; Henry Ford's introduction of the affordable Model T car in 1908; the Arab and British forces' capture of Damascus from the Ottoman Empire during World War I in 1918; and Mikhail Gorbachev assuming the role of chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in 1988, effectively becoming the head of state in the Soviet Union.

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