Associated Press<\/p>\n
On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first African-American to serve on the high court.<\/p>\n
On this date in:
\n1869- Political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India.<\/p>\n
1890- Comedian Groucho Marx was born in New York.
\n1919- President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
\n1944- Nazi troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which 250,000 people were killed.
\n1950- The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published.
\n1958- The former French colony of Guinea in West Africa proclaimed its independence.
\n1959- “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS.
\n1985- Actor Rock Hudson died at age 59 after a battle with AIDS.
\n1990- The Senate voted 90-9 to confirm Supreme Court nominee David H. Souter.
\n2000- The International Space Station got its first residents as an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule for a four-month stay.
\n2002- A man was shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, Md., the first victim in a series of sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. area that left 10 dead.
\n2006- A man took a group of girls hostage in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., killing five and wounding five others before committing suicide.<\/p>\n
Today’s Birthdays:
\nActress and talk show host Kelly Ripa (“Live with Kelly and Michael”) turns 45 years old today.
\nMaury Wills, Baseball player, 83
\nRex Reed, Movie critic, 77
\nDon McLean, Singer, songwriter, 70
\nAnnie Leibovitz, Celebrity photographer, 66
\nMike Rutherford, Rock musician (Genesis), 65
\nLorraine Bracco, Actress (“The Sopranos”), 61
\nFreddie Jackson, R&B singer, 57
\nJana Novotna, Tennis Hall of Famer, 47
\nTiffany, Singer, 44
\nMandisa, Gospel singer (“American Idol”), 39
\nRock singer-musician Sting turns 64 years old today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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