WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019

1608-Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey

1836-Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle

1853-Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land

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

1910-First two aircraft collision (Milan Italy)

1935-Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

1940-British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada sinks

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

1950-The comic strip “Peanuts” first appears in nine newspapers

1958-Guinea gains independence from France (National Day)

1967-Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents

1968-Bob Gibson sets a world series record of 17 strikeouts (World Series #65)

1980-Larry Holmes retains WBC heavyweight title defeating Muhammad Ali

1984-Three cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit

1986-Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi