October 2
Today in America's Present Past
1656 | Civil Rights: Connecticut enacts a law outlawing the Quaker faith.
1789 | Civil Rights: The Bill of Rights is sent to the states for ratification.
1800 | Nat Turner was born.
1803 | Samuel Adams died.
1833 | Civil Rights: New York’s Antislavery Association was formed.
1835 | The Texas revolt (against Mexico) begins with the Battle of Gonzales.
1846 | Physician and educator Benjamin Waterhouse died.
1853 | Indian Wars: Nephi massacre.
1866 | Inventor J. Oosterhout patents the can opener.
1871 | Civil Rights: Mormon leader Brigham Young was arrested for bigamy.
1872 | Morgan University was founded.
1879 | Poet Wallace Stevens was born.
1889 | The silver boom in Colorado began with a discovery by Nicholas Creed.
1890 | Comedian Groucho Marx was born.
1897 | Comedian William “Bud” Abbot was born.
1909 | Playwright Eugene O’Neill wed Kathleen Jenkins.
1919 | POTUS: Democrat President Wilson had a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1928 | Actor Spanky McFarland was born.
1936 | Lawyer Johnnie Cochran was born.
1945 | Musician Don McLean was born.
1948 | Musician Chris LeDoux was born.
1949 | Photographer Annie Leibovitz was born.
1950 | Cartoon “Peanuts” debuted.
1955 | TV: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” debuted.
1957 | Film: “The Bridge on the River Kwai” debuted.
1967 | SCOTUS: Justice Thurgood Marshall was sworn in.
1967 | Entrepreneur Alex Karp was born.
1968 | Congress: Created Redwood National Park.
1980 | Boxing champion Muhammad Ali comes out of retirement to challenge and beat champion Larry Holmes.
1984 | Entrepreneur John Schnatter founded Papa John’s Pizza.
1984 | Ex-FBI agent Richard Miller charged with espionage.
1985 | Actor Rock Hudson died.
1998 | Musician Gene Autry died.
2001 | TV: “Scrubs” debuted.
2002 | The Beltway Snipper attacks began.
2005 | Playwright August Wilson died.
2017 | Musician Tom Petty died.