TODAY IN HISTORY

1869

Political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India.

1890

Comedian Groucho Marx was born Julius Marx in New York.

1918

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.

1967

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

2002

The Washington, D.C.area sniper attacks began, setting off a frantic manhunt lasting three weeks.

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.

Birthdays

Retired MLB All-Star Maury Wills is 89. Photographer Annie Leibovitz is 72. Singer-actor Sting is 70. Rock singer Phil Oakey (The Human League) is 66. Actor-talk show host Kelly Ripa is 51. Actor Brianna Brown is 42. Former tennis player Marion Bartoli is 37. Actor Elizabeth McLaughlin is 28.