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–82 Donna Karan(Faske)–72 Avery Brooks–72 Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz–71 Michael “Mike” Rutherford–70 “Angelyne”(Ronia Goldberg)–70 “Sting”(Gordon Sumner)–69 Lorraine Bracco–66 Robert “Robbie” Nevil–62 Kelly Ripa–50 Tiffany Darwisch–49 ; 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 is “Where Is Everybody?”