Today in History for 2nd October 2017:
Historical Events
1941 – 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo
1955 – Chiva Stoica becomes premier of Romania
1959 – Rod Serling’s “Twilight Zone” premieres on CBS-TV
1966 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1975 – The Ulster Volunteer Force kill 7 civilians in a series of attacks across Northern Ireland; 6 were Catholic civilians and 1 was a Protestant civilian
1983 – Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA San Jose Golf Classic
Famous Birthdays
1722 – Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
1904 – Godfrey Baseley, radio executive
1914 – Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer
1917 – Christian de Duve, Thames Ditton, Surrey, cytologist and biochemist (Nobel, 1974), (d. 2013)
1928 – George Emmett McFarland, Dallas, act (Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals)
1945 – Don McLean, singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent), born in New Rochelle, New York
Famous Deaths
1780 – John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)
1916 – Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58
1958 – Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies
1985 – Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian and Wife), dies of AIDS at 59
1988 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
1995 – Norman Ewart Thurston, musician, dies at 74