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.
MLB
1969: At the end of their first season, the Seattle Pilots lose their last game in Seattle 3-1 to the Oakland Athletics in front of an attendance of 5,473. The owners of the team would file for bankruptcy during the offseason and the team would move to Milwaukee, Wis., on April 1, 1970, and change their name to the Brewers.
