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October 2

1862 An Army under Union General Joseph Hooker arrives in Bridgeport, Alabama to support the Union forces at Chattanooga. Chattanooga's Lookout Mountain provides a dramatic setting for the Civil War's battle above the clouds.

1870 The papal states vote in favor of union with Italy. The capital is moved from Florence to Rome.

1871 Morman leader Brigham Young, 70, is arrested for polygamy. He was later convicted, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction.

1909 Orville Wright sets an altitude record, flying at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Latham's previous record of 508 feet.

1950 The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schultz, makes its first appearance in newspapers.

1959 The groundbreaking TV series The Twilight Zone, hosted by Rod Serling, premiers on CBS.

1980 Congressional Representative Mike Myers is expelled from the US House for taking a bribe in the Abscam scandal, the first member to be expelled since


Born on October 2

1970 Kelly Ripa, actress, producer, co-host of Live! with Kelly and Michael TV talk show.


JOTD

A month after Donald MacDonald started at Harvard, his mother called from Scotland. “And how are the American students, Donald?” she asked.
“They’re so noisy,” he complained. “One neighbour endlessly bangs his head against the wall, while another screams all night.”
“How do you put up with it?”
“I just ignore them and play my bagpipes.”