October 2 - The Day in History

October 2 : General Interest 1985: Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS On this day in 1985, actor Rock Hudson, 59, becomes the first major U.S. celebrity to die of complications from AIDS... read more American Revolution 1780 : Benedict accomplice hanged http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-accomplice-hanged Automotive 1948 : Checkered flag waves at first postwar U.S. road race in Watkins Glen, New York http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/checkered-flag-waves-at-first-postwar-us-road-race-in-watkins-glen-new-york Civil War 1864 : Confederates score victory at the Battle of Saltville http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-saltville Cold War 1958 : The Cold War comes to Africa, as Guinea gains its independence http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-cold-war-comes-to-africa-as-guinea-gains-its-independence Crime 2006 : Gunman kills five students at Amish school http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gunman-kills-five-students-at-amish-school Disaster 1963 : Hurricane devastates Haiti http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-devastates-haiti General Interest 1780 : British spy executed in Arnold affair http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-spy-executed-in-arnold-affair 1836 : Darwin returns to England http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/darwin-returns-to-england 1944 : Warsaw Uprising ends http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/warsaw-uprising-ends 1967 : Thurgood Marshall sworn in http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thurgood-marshall-sworn-in Hollywood 1985 : Rock Hudson dies of AIDS http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rock-hudson-dies-of-aids Literary 1879 : Wallace Stevens is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wallace-stevens-is-born Music 1971 : Rod Stewart earns his first #1 hit with "Maggie May" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rod-stewart-earns-his-first-1-hit-with-quotmaggie-mayquot Old West 1835 : First shots of the Texas Revolution fired in the Battle of Gonzales http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-shots-of-the-texas-revolution-fired-in-the-battle-of-gonzales Presidential 1919 : Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woodrow-wilson-suffers-a-stroke Sports 1968 : Gibson strikes out 17 in World Series http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gibson-strikes-out-17-in-world-series Vietnam War 1966 : Soviets report that Russian military personnel have come under fire http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-report-that-russian-military-personnel-have-come-under-fire 1967 : Aerial offensive against North Vietnam continues http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aerial-offensive-against-north-vietnam-continues World War I 1919 : U.S President Woodrow Wilson suffers massive stroke http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-president-woodrow-wilson-suffers-massive-stroke World War II 1941 : Operation Typhoon is launched http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-typhoon-is-launched

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