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October 2:  On this day in history: 





1869 - Mahatma (Mohandas) K Gandhi was born. He was known for his advocacy of non-violent resistance to fight tyranny. 

1870 - Rome was made the capital of Italy. 

1919 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. 

1920 - The Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the only triple-header in baseball history. The Reds won 2 of the 3 games.

1937 - Warner Bros. released "Love Is on the Air." Ronald Reagan made his acting debut in the motion picture. He was 26 years old.

1941 - Operation Typhoon was launched by Nazi Germany. The plan was an all-out offensive against Moscow. 

1950 - "Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers. 

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1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" debuted on CBS-TV. 

1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for 5 years for a total of 154 episodes. 

1967 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn in. He was the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court. 

Thurgood Marshall

2001 - NATO, for the first time, invoked a treaty clause that stated that an attack on one member is an attack on all members. The act was in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. 

2015 - The reorganization of Google into Alphabet Inc. was completed. Alphabet became the parent company of Google and several other companies previously owned by Google. 

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They that sow in tears 

shall reap in joy.

Psalm 126

On This Day: October 2

Thurgood Marshall

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