Today in History - History - October 2nd

19501st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks", later "Peanuts", by Charles M. Schulz published in 9 papers

1921NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR

1991Eric Lindros refuses to sign with Quebec Nordiques

1980Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1187Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders

1535Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal)

1967Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice

1789George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.

1937FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State

1912Gopal Krishna Gokhale, at invitation of Gandhi, arrives in South Africa on a 26-day tour; he also visits Tolstoy Farm

1967Thomas Muster, Leibnitz Austria, tennis star (1995 French Open)

1949Annie Leibovitz, Waterbury, Connecticut, photographer (Rolling Stones)

1968Jana Novotna, Brno Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1995 Aust/Wimbledon doubles)

1942Steve Sabol, Moorestown New Jersey, filmmaker (35 Emmy awards, founder of NFL Films)

1800Nat Turner, Southhampton County Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831)

1933John B. Gurdon, Dippenhall, Hampshire, English developmental biologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)

1904[Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock)

1869Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi], Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader, (d. 1948)

1900Coco the Clown [Nicolai Poliakoff], Dvinsk, Famous Russian clown

1890Groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life)

1993Spike Lee weds Tonya Lewis

1999"Matchbox Twenty" lead singer Rob Thomas (27) weds model Marisol Maldonado in Santa Ynez, California

1970Actor Christopher Plummer (40) weds actress Elaine Taylor (26) in Montreal, Quebec

2004"Piano Man" singer-songwriter Billy Joel (55) weds television food critic and chef Katie Lee (23) at 15-acre waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York

1803Samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politican, dies at 81

1968Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase), dies at 81