Today In History

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2018. There are 90 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1944: German troops crushed the two-monthold Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people had been killed.

ON THIS DATE

› 1780: British spy John Andre was hanged in Tappan, N.Y., during the Revolutionary War.

› 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 on to their capital.

› 1950: The comic strip “Peanuts,” created by Charles M. Schulz, was syndicated to seven newspapers.

› 1967: Thurgood Marshall was sworn as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court opened its new term.

› 1971: The music program “Soul Train” made its debut in national syndication.

› 1986: The Senate joined the House in voting to override President Reagan’s veto of stiff economic sanctions against South Africa.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Country singer-musician Leon Rausch (Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys) is 91. Retired MLB All-Star Maury Wills is 86. Movie critic Rex Reed is 80. Singer-songwriter Don McLean is

73. Cajun/country singer Jo-el Sonnier is 72. Actor Avery Brooks is

70. Singer-actor Sting is

67. Actress Robin Riker is 66. Actress Lorraine Bracco is 64. Rhythm and blues singer Freddie Jackson is 62. Singer-producer Robbie Nevil is 60. Retro-soul singer James Hunter is 56. Former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien is 56. Rock musician Bud Gaugh (Sublime, Eyes Adrift) is 51. Folk-country singer Gillian Welch is 51. Country singer Kelly Willis is 50. Singer Tiffany is 47. Rock singer Lene Nystrom is

45. Actor Efren Ramirez is 45. Rhythm and blues singer LaTocha Scott (Xscape) is 45. Gospel singer Mandisa (TV: “American Idol”) is 42. Actress Brianna Brown is 39. Rock musician Mike Rodden (Hinder) is 36. Tennis player Marion Bartoli is 34. Actor Christopher Larkin is 31. Actress Samantha Barks is 28. Actress Elizabeth McLaughlin is 25.