Topic: Bud Abbott

On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

On Oct. 2, 2006, five Amish girls were fatally shot in a rural, one-room schoolhouse in Nickle Mines, Pa.

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Today is Sunday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2005 with 90 to follow.