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–80 Donna Karan(Faske)–70 Avery Brooks–70 Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz–69 Michael “Mike” Rutherford–68 “Sting”(Gordon Sumner)–67 Lorraine Bracco–64 Robert “Robbie” Nevil–60 Kelly Ripa–48 Tiffany Darwisch–47 ; 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?”