Daily Calendar for Thursday, October 2, 2025

Born

  • Nat Turner (A deeply religious enslaved man who in August 1831 led a violent rebellion of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia ) –
  • Julius von Sachs (botanist) –
  • Sir William Ramsay (chemist) –
  • Mahatma Gandhi (Indian spiritual leader) –
  • Wallace Stevens (poet) –
  • Groucho Marx (actor) –
  • Bud Abbott (comedian) –
  • Alex Raymond (cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon) –
  • Jack Finney (author) –
  • Don McLean (musician) –
  • Donna Karan (fashion designer) –
  • Sting (singer) –
  • Lorraine Bracco (actress) –
  • Kelly Ripa (actress & television host) –
  • Tiffany (singer) –

Died

  • Rock Hudson (actor) –
  • Adrian Spies (television writer) –
  • Gene Autry (singer & songwriter) –
  • Nipsey Russell (actor) –
  • Tom Petty (musician) –

Events

  • Brigham Young, Mormon leader, is arrested in Salt Lake City on polygamy charges–
  • Estimated 7.1 earthquake, Pleasant Valley, Nevada–
  • President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke leaving him partially paralyzed–
  • Peanuts cartoon debuted–
  • Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown passes–
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents made its television debut–
  • The Twilight Zone premiered–
  • Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice–
  • President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill establishing the Redwood National Park in California–
  • Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski retired after 3308 major league games, 3419 hits and a .285 lifetime batting average–
  • Eastern Maine was shook by a magnitude 3.9 earthquake–

Weather

  • Racer’s Storm - named for the H.M.S. Racer, which had encountered it in the Caribbean - began its rampage of the South near Brownsville, Texas. It was one of the most destructive hurricanes of the 19th century, covering more than 2,000 miles.–
  • A severe windstorm hit northern California and Oregon, causing crop damage in the Sacramento Valley–

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