October 02
1919
President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke, which left him partially paralyzed.
1944
The two-month-long Warsaw Uprising was squelched by Nazi troops battling the Polish underground.
1950
The “Peanuts” comic strip, by Charles M. Schultz, first appeared in newspapers.
1958
Guinea proclaimed its independence from France.
1967
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1998
Gene Autry, the singing cowboy and former owner of the Anaheim Angels baseball team, died at age 91.
Birthdays
Mohandas Gandhi
1869–1948, Indian political and spiritual leader, born in Porbandar.
Nat Turner
civil rights leader (1800)
Wallace Stevens
poet (1879)
Groucho Marx
comedian (1890)
Graham Greene
novelist and playwright (1904)
Donna Karan
fashion designer (1948)
Sting
musician (1951)