WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2024

1853-Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land

1870-Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital

1935-Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

1939-Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF

1941-Six Parisian synagogues are bombed

1942-"Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338

1942-First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago

1947-Yogi Berra becomes first to pinch hit a world series (World Series #44) homer

1950-The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears, in nine newspapers

1958-Guinea gains independence from France (National Day)

1967 Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia

1967-Thurgood Marshall is sworn as first black Supreme Court Justice

1986-Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

1990-Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by the Doors