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On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first black to serve on the high court.

 

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October 2, 1789 – George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.

 

Later that day he stubbed his toe and swore in a different manner.

 

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On Oct. 3, 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a new unified country

 

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On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.

 

Oct 4, 1998, Sarge signs on to TFN.

What was I thinking?...

 

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On October 5, 1947, in the first televised White House address, President Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.

 

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On Oct. 6, 1981, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt was shot to death by Islamic militants while reviewing a military parade.

 

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October 6, 1683 – German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.

 

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On Oct. 7, 1985, Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboard.

 

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On Oct. 8, 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.

 

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October 8, 1939 – World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.

 

This thread still happening?

 

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On Oct. 9, 1967, Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was executed in Bolivia while attempting to incite revolution.

 

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On Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned his office.

 

His name was Spiro? Chill.

 

On October 10, 2013, I Are The Internets learned something new in the This Day In History thread.

 

Trying to get some discussion going before Juliet turns into Zaz/Nevermind and spams the thread for years to come.

 

October 10, 1985 – United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.

 

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On Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.

 

October 11, 2000 – NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.

 

Aw man I remember that. I watched it on TV in the 3rd grade.

 

Way to make a girl feel old Internets.

 

I am ageless.