"In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson had a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side. In 1942, the RMS Queen Mary, an ocean liner carrying thousands of American soldiers as a converted troop ship during World War II, accidentally rammed and sank the escort ship HMS Curacoa in the North Atlantic, killing over 300 crew members aboard the Curacoa."
"In 1944, German troops crushed the 2-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed. In 1967, Thurgood Marshall joined the U.S. Supreme Court as its first African American justice; he would serve on the bench for 24 years until his retirement in 1991. In 1970, one of two chartered twin-engine planes flying the Wichita State University football team to Utah crashed into a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado, killing 31 of the 40 people on board."
"In 2006, an armed milk truck driver took a group of girls hostage in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, killing five of them and wounding five others before taking his own life. In 2018, U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Arabia's government, was killed by Saudi Arabian officials at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2020, stricken by COVID-19, President Donald Trump was injected with an experimental drug combination at the White House before being flown to a military hospital, where he was given Remdesivir, an antiviral drug."
Oct. 2, 2025 is the 275th day of the year with 90 days remaining. On Oct. 2, 2016 Vin Scully signed off after 67 years broadcasting for the Dodgers, calling a 7-1 loss to the Giants. In 1919 President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. In 1942 the RMS Queen Mary accidentally rammed and sank HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crew. In 1944 German forces crushed the Warsaw Uprising, killing roughly a quarter million people. In 1967 Thurgood Marshall became the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Other events include the 1970 Wichita State plane crash, the 2006 Amish schoolhouse murders, the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, and President Trump’s 2020 COVID-19 treatment. Notable birthdays include Rex Reed (87), Don McLean (80), Donna Karan (77), Avery Brooks (77), Annie Leibovitz (76), and Sting (74).
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