DAY IN HISTORY

Friday, October 2, 2020

Today is the 276th day of 2020 and the 11th day of autumn.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1835, the Texas Revolution began as American settlers battled Mexican troops near the Guadalupe River.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice.

In 2002, the first two “Beltway sniper” attacks left one person dead in Montgomery County, Maryland.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Nat Turner (1800-1831), slave rebellion leader; Mohandas Gandhi (18691948), political/spiritual leader; Cordell Hull (18711955), statesman; Groucho Marx (1890-1977), comedian/actor; Bud Abbott (1895-1974), comedian/ actor; Graham Greene (1904-1991), novelist; Rex Reed (1938- ), movie critic; Steve Sabol (1942-2012), director/producer; Don Mclean (1945- ), singersongwriter; Sting (1951- ), singer-songwriter; Kelly Ripa (1970- ), actress/tv personality.

TODAY’S FACT: After translating Leo Tolstoy’s “Letter to a Hindu,” Mohandas Gandhi began a regular correspondence with the novelist that lasted from October 1909 until Tolstoy’s death in November 1910.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 2005, the Arizona Cardinals beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City. It was the first regular-season NFL game to take place outside the United States.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “A story has no beginning or end: Arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.” — Graham Greene, “The End of the Affair”

TODAY’S NUMBER:

17,897 — number of original “Peanuts” comic strips (featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy) published between the strip’s debut on this day in 1950 and creator Charles Schulz’s death in 2000.

TODAY’S MOON:

Between full moon (Oct. 1) and last quarter moon (Oct. 9).