Today in History: Thursday, October 02, 2014 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. 1869 Political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India. 1890 Comedian Groucho Marx was born in New York. 1919 President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. 1944 Nazi troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which 250,000 people were killed. 1950 The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz was first published. 1958 The former French colony of Guinea in West Africa proclaimed its independence. 1959 The Twilight Zone debuted on CBS. 1985 Actor Rock Hudson died at age 59 after a battle with AIDS. 1990 The Senate voted 90-9 to confirm Supreme Court nominee David H. Souter. 2000 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. 2002 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. 2006 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. Actress and talk show host Kelly Ripa (Live with Kelly and Michael) turns 44 years old today. Maury Wills Baseball player 82 Rex Reed Movie critic 76 Don McLean Singer, songwriter 69 Annie Leibovitz Celebrity photographer 65 Mike Rutherford Rock musician (Genesis) 64 Lorraine Bracco Actress (The Sopranos) 60 Freddie Jackson R&B singer 56 Jana Novotna Tennis Hall of Famer 46 Tiffany Singer 43 Mandisa Gospel singer (American Idol) 38 Rock singer-musician Sting turns 63 years old today. #dannythemanparker facebook/dannythemanparker2014
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