History Blog

October 2

Happy Birthday RIP Mohandas Gandhi(1869–1948) William “Bud” Abbott(1895–1974) Henry Graham Greene(1904–1991) Julius “Groucho” Marx(1890–1977) ; Rex Reed–86 Donna Karan(Faske)–76 Avery Brooks–76 Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz–75 Michael “Mike” Rutherford–74 “Angelyne”(Ronia Goldberg)–74 “Sting”(Gordon Sumner)–73 Lorraine Bracco–70 Robert “Robbie” Nevil–66 Kelly Ripa–54 Tiffany Darwisch–53 ; 1950 – The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published in nine newspapers: The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Tribune, The Allentown Morning Call, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post, The Seattle Times, The New York World-Telegram, and The Boston Globe ; 1959 – “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS network. The first episode was called “Where Is Everybody?”