Daily Calendar for Friday, October 2, 2026

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Nat Turner (A deeply religious enslaved man who in August 1831 led a violent rebellion of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia ) – 1800
Julius von Sachs (botanist) – 1832
Sir William Ramsay (chemist) – 1852
Mahatma Gandhi (Indian spiritual leader) – 1869
Wallace Stevens (poet) – 1879
Groucho Marx (actor) – 1890
Bud Abbott (comedian) – 1895
Alex Raymond (cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon) – 1909
Jack Finney (author) – 1911
Don McLean (musician) – 1945
Donna Karan (fashion designer) – 1948
Sting (singer) – 1951
Sting (Gordon Sumner, musician known professionally as Sting; born in Wallsend, U.K.) – 1951
Lorraine Bracco (actress) – 1955
Kelly Ripa (actress & television host) – 1970
Tiffany (singer) – 1971

Brigham Young, Mormon leader, is arrested in Salt Lake City on polygamy charges – 1871
Estimated 7.1 earthquake, Pleasant Valley, Nevada – 1915
President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke leaving him partially paralyzed – 1919
Peanuts cartoon debuted – 1950
Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown passes – 1950
Alfred Hitchcock Presents made its television debut – 1955
The Twilight Zone premiered – 1959
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice – 1967
President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill establishing the Redwood National Park in California – 1968
Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski retired after 3308 major league games, 3419 hits and a .285 lifetime batting average – 1983
Eastern Maine was shook by a magnitude 3.9 earthquake – 2006

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. – 1837
A severe windstorm hit northern California and Oregon, causing crop damage in the Sacramento Valley – 1882