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October 2
1869 - Political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India.
1890 - Comedian Groucho Marx was born Julius Marx in New York.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side.
1941 - During World War II, German armies launched an all-out drive against Moscow; Soviet forces succeeded in holding onto their capital.
1944 - German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people had been killed.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court opened its new term.
1984 - Richard W. Miller became the first FBI agent to be arrested and charged with espionage. (Miller was tried three times; he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was released after nine years.)
1986 - The Senate joined the House in voting to override President Reagan’s veto of stiff economic sanctions against South Africa.
2002 - The Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks began, setting off a frantic manhunt lasting three weeks. (John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were finally arrested for killing 10 people and wounding three others; Muhammad was executed in 2009; Malvo was sentenced to life in prison.)
2017 - Rock superstar Tom Petty died at a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 66, a day after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California.
2019 - House Democrats threatened to make White House defiance of a congressional request for testimony and documents potential grounds for an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
2020 - Stricken by COVID-19, President Donald Trump was injected with an experimental drug combination at the White House before being flown to a military hospital, where he was given Remdesivir, an antiviral drug.
Birthdays
28 - Elizabeth McLaughlin (actress)
31 - Samantha Barks (actress)
33 - Brittany Howard (singer)
34 - Christopher Larkin (actor)
35 - Camilla Belle (actress)
42 - Brianna Brown (actress)
50 - Tiffany (singer)
51 - Kelly Ripa (TV host)
53 - Joey Slotnick (actor)
53 - Kelly Willis (country singer)
63 - Robbie Nevil (singer)
66 - Phil Oakey (singer)
67 - Lorraine Bracco (actress)
70 - Sting (singer)
73 - Avery Brooks (actor)
76 - Don McLean (singer)
89 - Maury Wills (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - October 2
1908 - Addie Joss (Cleveland Indians) pitched the fourth perfect game in major league baseball history.
1920 - The Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the only triple-header in baseball history. The Reds won 2 of the 3 games.
1932 - The New York Yankees sweep the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series.
1932 - The Boston Braves (now Washington Football Team) make their NFL debut in a 14-0 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1947 - The Federatino Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) formally established Formula One racing in Grand Prix competition.
1950 - Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions in 55-13 win against Baltimore Colts; Cardinals quarterback Jim Hardy tosses 6 touchdown passes
1954 - The New York Giants sweep the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series.
1970 - One of two chartered twin-engine planes flying the Wichita State University football team to Utah crashed into a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado, killing 31 of the 40 people on board.
1980 - Muhammad Ali, at age 38, comes out of a two-year retirement to challenge undefeated heavyweight champion Larry Holmes; Ali is pounded unmercifully for 10 rounds before his corner throws in the towel.
1994 - Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula defeats the Cincinnati Bengals and their head coach David Shula in the first-ever NFL meeting between father and son.
1999 - Alabama defeats Florida 40-39 in overtime in snap the Gators' 30-game home winning streak.
2001 - Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 60 home runs in three different seasons.
2004 - The Montreal Expos record their final win before relocating the following season to become the Washington Nationals.
2005 - The NFL plays its first ever regular-season game outside the United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico.
2016 - Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully signed off for the last time, ending 67 years behind the mic for the Dodgers, as he called the team’s 7-1 loss to the Giants in San Francisco.
2020 - Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won seven consecutive World Series starts, died of cancer in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska; he was 84.
1869 - Political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India.
1890 - Comedian Groucho Marx was born Julius Marx in New York.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side.
1941 - During World War II, German armies launched an all-out drive against Moscow; Soviet forces succeeded in holding onto their capital.
1944 - German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people had been killed.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court opened its new term.
1984 - Richard W. Miller became the first FBI agent to be arrested and charged with espionage. (Miller was tried three times; he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was released after nine years.)
1986 - The Senate joined the House in voting to override President Reagan’s veto of stiff economic sanctions against South Africa.
2002 - The Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks began, setting off a frantic manhunt lasting three weeks. (John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were finally arrested for killing 10 people and wounding three others; Muhammad was executed in 2009; Malvo was sentenced to life in prison.)
2017 - Rock superstar Tom Petty died at a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 66, a day after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California.
2019 - House Democrats threatened to make White House defiance of a congressional request for testimony and documents potential grounds for an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
2020 - Stricken by COVID-19, President Donald Trump was injected with an experimental drug combination at the White House before being flown to a military hospital, where he was given Remdesivir, an antiviral drug.
Birthdays
28 - Elizabeth McLaughlin (actress)
31 - Samantha Barks (actress)
33 - Brittany Howard (singer)
34 - Christopher Larkin (actor)
35 - Camilla Belle (actress)
42 - Brianna Brown (actress)
50 - Tiffany (singer)
51 - Kelly Ripa (TV host)
53 - Joey Slotnick (actor)
53 - Kelly Willis (country singer)
63 - Robbie Nevil (singer)
66 - Phil Oakey (singer)
67 - Lorraine Bracco (actress)
70 - Sting (singer)
73 - Avery Brooks (actor)
76 - Don McLean (singer)
89 - Maury Wills (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - October 2
1908 - Addie Joss (Cleveland Indians) pitched the fourth perfect game in major league baseball history.
1920 - The Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the only triple-header in baseball history. The Reds won 2 of the 3 games.
1932 - The New York Yankees sweep the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series.
1932 - The Boston Braves (now Washington Football Team) make their NFL debut in a 14-0 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1947 - The Federatino Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) formally established Formula One racing in Grand Prix competition.
1950 - Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions in 55-13 win against Baltimore Colts; Cardinals quarterback Jim Hardy tosses 6 touchdown passes
1954 - The New York Giants sweep the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series.
1970 - One of two chartered twin-engine planes flying the Wichita State University football team to Utah crashed into a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado, killing 31 of the 40 people on board.
1980 - Muhammad Ali, at age 38, comes out of a two-year retirement to challenge undefeated heavyweight champion Larry Holmes; Ali is pounded unmercifully for 10 rounds before his corner throws in the towel.
1994 - Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula defeats the Cincinnati Bengals and their head coach David Shula in the first-ever NFL meeting between father and son.
1999 - Alabama defeats Florida 40-39 in overtime in snap the Gators' 30-game home winning streak.
2001 - Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 60 home runs in three different seasons.
2004 - The Montreal Expos record their final win before relocating the following season to become the Washington Nationals.
2005 - The NFL plays its first ever regular-season game outside the United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico.
2016 - Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully signed off for the last time, ending 67 years behind the mic for the Dodgers, as he called the team’s 7-1 loss to the Giants in San Francisco.
2020 - Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won seven consecutive World Series starts, died of cancer in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska; he was 84.