Today in History - History - October 2nd

1967Mickey Wright wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational

1957"The Bridge on the River Kwai", starring William Holden and Alec Guinness, is released

1902Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London.

1991Eric Lindros refuses to sign with Quebec Nordiques

1187Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders

1947Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer

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

1833Charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe Argentina

1937FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State

1966Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011Canadian stand-up comedian and actor Seth Rogen (30) weds screenwriter Lauren Miller at Kunde Family Estate in Sonoma, California

1993Spike Lee weds Tonya Lewis

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

1973Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76