Daily Calendar for October 2nd, 2019

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Every Year

• Independence Day (Guinea)

1800s

• Born 1800: Nat Turner (slave)

1830s

• Born 1832: Julius von Sachs (botanist)

1850s

• Born 1852: Sir William Ramsay (chemist)

1860s

• Born 1869: Mahatma Gandhi (Indian spiritual leader)

1870s

• 1871: Brigham Young, Mormon leader, is arrested in Salt Lake City on polygamy charges150 Years Ago

• Born 1879: Wallace Stevens (poet)

1890s

• Born 1890: Groucho Marx (actor)

• Born 1895: Bud Abbott (comedian)

1900s

• Born 1909: Alex Raymond (cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon)

1910s

• Born 1911: Jack Finney (author)

• 1915: Estimated 7.1 earthquake, Pleasant Valley, Nevada

• 1919: President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke leaving him partially paralyzed

1940s

• Born 1945: Don McLean (musician)

• Born 1948: Donna Karan (fashion designer)

1950s

• 1950: Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown passes

• 1950: Peanuts cartoon debuted

• Born 1951: Sting (singer)

• 1955: Alfred Hitchcock Presents made its television debut

• Born 1955: Lorraine Bracco (actress)

• 1959: The Twilight Zone premiered

1960s

• 1967: Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice

• 1968: President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill establishing the Redwood National Park in California

1970s

• Born 1970: Kelly Ripa (actress & television host)

• Born 1971: Tiffany (singer)

1980s

• 1983: Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski retired after 3308 major league games, 3419 hits and a .285 lifetime batting average

• Died 1985: Rock Hudson (actor)

1990s

• Died 1998: Gene Autry (singer & songwriter)

• Died 1998: Adrian Spies (television writer)

2000s

• Died 2005: Nipsey Russell (actor)

• 2006: Eastern Maine was shook by a magnitude 3.9 earthquake

2010s

• Died 2017: Tom Petty (musician)