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Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller’s journey is done;
Where the youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sunflower wishes to go!
Note on picture: Taken at J&D Veltri’s backyard, Summer 2011.
Updated October 1, 2012, 2:28 pm
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.
On Oct. 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Indian nationalist leader whose philosophy of nonviolence influenced movements around the world, was born. Following his death on Jan. 30, 1948, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1869 Political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India. 1890 Comedian Groucho Marx was born in New York. 1919 President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. 1944 Nazi troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which 250,000 people were killed. 1950 The comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz was first published. 1958 The former French colony of Guinea in West Africa proclaimed its independence. 1959 “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS. 1985 Actor Rock Hudson died at age 59 after a battle with AIDS. 1990 The Senate voted 90-9 to confirm Supreme Court nominee David H. Souter. 2000 The International Space Station got its first residents as an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule for a four-month stay. 2002 A man was shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, Md., the first victim in a series of sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. area that left 10 dead. 2006 A man took a group of girls hostage in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., killing five and wounding five others before committing suicide. Current Birthdays
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Actress and talk show host Kelly Ripa (“Live with Kelly and Michael”) turns 42 years old today.
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Rock singer-musician Sting turns 61 years old today.
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1932 Maury Wills, Baseball player, turns 80 1938 Rex Reed, Movie critic, turns 74 1945 Don McLean, Singer, songwriter, turns 67 1949 Annie Leibovitz, Celebrity photographer, turns 63 1950 Mike Rutherford, Rock musician (Genesis), turns 62 1954 Lorraine Bracco, Actress (“The Sopranos”), turns 58 1958 Freddie Jackson, R&B singer, turns 54 1968 Jana Novotna, Tennis Hall of Famer, turns 44 1971 Tiffany, Singer, turns 41 1976 Mandisa, Gospel singer (“American Idol”), turns 36
Historic Birthdays
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 10/2/1869 – 1/30/1948 Spiritual and political leader of Indian independence movement.Go to obituary »
32 Richard III 10/2/1452 – 8/22/1485
King of England46 Saint Charles Borromeo 10/2/1538 – 11/3/1584
Italian Roman Catholic bishop31 Nat Turner 10/2/1800 – 11/11/1831
American slave hanged for leading violent slave uprising86 Paul Von Hindenburg 10/2/1847 – 8/2/1934
German military officer and politician77 Ferdinand Foch 10/2/1851 – 3/20/1929
French army general63 Sir William Ramsay 10/2/1852 – 7/23/1916
British chemist83 Cordell Hull 10/2/1871 – 7/23/1955
American diplomat75 Wallace Stevens 10/2/1879 – 8/2/1955
American poet86 Groucho Marx 10/2/1890 – 8/19/1977
American comedian77 Bud Abbott 10/2/1897 – 4/24/1974
American comedian85 Charles Stark Draper 10/2/1901 – 7/25/1987
American engineer86 Graham Greene 10/2/1904 – 4/3/1991
English novelist
Updated September 30, 2012, 2:28 pm
On October 1, 1961, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth’s record of 60 set in 1927.
On Oct. 1, 1903, Vladimir Horowitz, the Russian-born pianist considered one of the most accomplished players of the 20th century, was born. Following his death on Nov. 5, 1989, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1903 The visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Americans 7-3 in the first World Series game. 1908 Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market; each car cost $825. 1936 General Francisco Franco was proclaimed the head of an insurgent Spanish state. 1939 Winston Churchill described the Soviet Union as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” during a radio broadcast. 1961 Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking the record Babe Ruth set in 1927. 1962 Johnny Carson debuted as regular host of NBC’s “Tonight” show. 1964 The Free Speech Movement was launched at the University of California at Berkeley. 1971 Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Fla. 1982 Sony began selling the first commercial compact disc player in Japan. 1993 Polly Klaas, 12, was abducted from her Petaluma, Calif., home during a slumber party and murdered. (Her case inspired California’s three-strikes law.) 2001 The Supreme Court suspended former President Bill Clinton from practicing before the high court. 2008 A $700 billion financial industry bailout won lopsided passage in the Senate, 74-25, after it was loaded with tax breaks and other sweeteners. Current Birthdays
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Former President Jimmy Carter turns 88 years old today.
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Actor Zach Galifianakis turns 43 years old today.
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1935 Julie Andrews, Actress, singer, turns 77 1945 Rod Carew, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 67 1947 Stephen Collins, Actor (“7th Heaven”), turns 65 1950 Randy Quaid, Actor, turns 62 1959 Youssou N’Dour, Singer, turns 53 1962 Esai Morales, Actor, turns 50 1963 Mark McGwire, Baseball player, turns 49 1965 Cindy Margolis, Actress, model, turns 47 1968 Kevin Griffin, Rock musician (Better Than Ezra), turns 44 1989 Brie Larson, Actress (“United States of Tara”), turns 23
Historic Birthdays
Vladimir Horowitz 10/1/1903 – 11/5/1989 Ukraine-born American pianist.Go to obituary »
65 Henry III 10/1/1207 – 11/16/1272
King of England (1216-72)50 Richard Stockton 10/1/1730 – 2/8/1781
American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independece31 James Lawrence 10/1/1781 – 6/1/1813
American naval officer85 Annie Besant 10/1/1847 – 9/20/1933
British theosophist writer, educator and politician69 Paul Abraham Dukas 10/1/1865 – 5/17/1935
French composer74 William Boeing 10/1/1881 – 9/28/1956
American engineer91 Stanley Holloway 10/1/1890 – 1/30/1982
British actor74 Otto R. Frisch 10/1/1904 – 9/22/1979
Austrian physicist23 Bonnie Parker 10/1/1910 – 5/23/1934
American bank robber
The views off of Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan on the last day of September 2012.
