On this day: October 2

POSTED: 10:23 PM PDT Oct 01, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 01, 2012 

Charles Darwin returns home, Gandhi is born, "Peanuts" is published for the first time, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court, and the Beltway sniper attacks begin, all on this day.

OTD October 2 - Kelly Ripa
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1970: Actress and talk show host Kelly Ripa, best known for the soap opera "All My Children," the sitcom "Hope & Faith" and the morning talk show "Live! with Kelly and Michael," is born in Stratford, N.J.

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