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 - Wichita State plane crash
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Courtesy of the Wichita Eagle

1970: A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators and supporters crashes into a mountain near Silver Plume, Colo., killing 31 people.

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