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On this day in Mahalo history @Shadowbear had the Answer of the Day for his explanation of when Yosemite National Park was established in 1890. http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-community/answer-of-the-day-contest-october-2
Also on this day @annek announced the Mahalo Rocktober Fest - Where all How-To's will have an inflated Mahalo Dollar attached to them. http://www.mahalo.com/answers/Tasks/rocktober-fest-all-how-to-tasks-are-m-10-get-em-while-theyre-hot
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League Leaders on This day
- 2008: Drew Brees, NO - 1343 Pass YDS
- 2008: Michael Turner, ATL - 422 Rush YDS
- 2008: Cortland Finnegan, TNE - 4 InterceptionsNFL: Play Stat Leaders
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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 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)
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