Top Social News Stories
October 2 2008
- Propeller: Improving Propeller Through Member Feedback (8.9 Prop Score)
- Digg: The Worst Sarah Palin Clip Yet (6228 Diggs)
- Fark: Michigan's Macomb County Commissioner voted Hottest Politician (21119 Clicks)
- YouTube: Nearly unanimous vote for Obama = "split" on FOX (461,931 Views)
- VideoSift: Palin Explains Why Raped Women Should Bear child (77 Sifts)
- Reddit: Homer tries to vote for Obama (1264 Score)
October 2 Historical Events
The 2000s
- 2002: The first victims are of the Beltway Sniper Attacks are killed in a grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, Maryland.
The 1960s
- 1967: Lyndon Johnson's nominee for the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to sit on the court.
The 1950s
- 1950: The First Peanuts comic by Charles M. Schulz is published.
The 1910s
- 1919: President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke which leaves him partly paralyzed.
The 1800s
- 1836: Charles Darwin's five year expedition which sent him to exotic places such as New Zealand, Brazil and the Galapagos Islands comes to an end as he reached port in England
October 2 Historical Information
- Wikipedia: Today in History Entry
- Library of Congress: This Day in History
- The New York Times: Today in History News Archive
- BBC News: Historical Archive
- CBC News: Today in Canada Archive
- History.com: This Day in History
- YouTube: AP: Today in History for October 2nd (Time 2:15)
October 2 in Sports
- TodayInSportsHistory.com: Today in Sports History
- National Pastime: Today in Baseball History
October 2 Historical Articles
- The New York Times: President Sees Marshall Take Supreme Court Seat (1967)
October 2 Moment of Zen
- The Daily Show: Anna Nicole Smith (2000)
- The Daily Show: Martial Arts Attack (2001)
- The Daily Show: One Bullet (2002)
- The Daily Show: Champion for the Women (2003)
- The Daily Show: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (2006)