Saturday, October 02, 2021

History for October 2

History for October 2 - On-This-Day.com
Groucho (Julius) Marx 1890 - "Marx Brothers" movies and his quiz show "You Bet Your Life"

  • 1780 - British army major John Andre was hanged as a spy. He was carrying information about the actions of Benedict Arnold.
  • 1835 - The first battle of the Texas Revolution took place near the Guadalupe River when American settlers defeated a Mexican cavalry unit.
  • 1870 - Rome was made the capital of Italy.
  • 1919 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
  • 1944 - The Nazis crushed the Warsaw Uprising.
  • 1950 - "Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers.
  • 1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for 5 years for a total of 154 episodes.

No comments: