历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-02

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Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as the Mahatma or Great Soul, is born in India then under British colonial rule. Gandhi’s use of non-violent tactic² as a political and spiritual leader helps India gain its independence decades later.

1919 In Washington, President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke which leaves him partially³ paralyzed. Wilson never fully⁴ recovers, effectively putting his presidency⁵ in limbo⁶ for the rest of his term in office. And the stroke ends Wilson’s drive for the United States to join the League of Nations forerunner⁷ of the United Nations.

1967Also in the nation’s capital, Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black Justice on the US Supreme⁸ Court.

1985Actor Rock Hudson dies at his home in Beverly Hills, California, after a battle with AIDS. He was 59. Hudson was the first major celebrity⁹ to reveal he had AIDS, a disclosure that helped raise awareness¹⁰ and changed perceptions about the disease.

1890“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas¹¹, how he got into my pajamas? I don’t know.”

Comedian¹² Groucho Marx, star of silver green and TV, both with his comedy team, brothers, and on his own is born in New York City.

1950Here comes Charlie Brown again as a daily comic strip, Peanuts, premiers¹³ in newspapers. The strip runs nearly 50 years until its creator, Charles Schulz dies in 2000.

And 1951“You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we walk in fields of gold.”

Sting, the singer and actor, who first gained fame as front man for the rock group The Police, is born Gordon Sumner in Wallsend, England. Today in History, October 2nd, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

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