TODAY IN HISTORY

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Oct. 2, 1944

German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people had been killed.

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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.

1941

During World War II, German armies launched an allout drive against Moscow; Soviet forces succeeded in holding onto 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.

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 31of the 40people on board.

1971

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

1984

Richard W. Miller became the first FBI agent to be arrested and charged with espionage.

1985

Actor Rock Hudson, 59, died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, after battling AIDS.