TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Oct. 2, 1941

During World War II, German armies launched an all-out drive against Moscow; Soviet forces succeeded in holding onto their capital.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1780

British spy John Andre was hanged in Tappan, New York, during the Revolutionary War.

1919

President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side.

1959

Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone” made its debut on CBS-TV.

1967

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