A bit of October 2nd history…
1187 - Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders (pictured)
1872 - Phileas Fogg sets out on his journey as depicted in Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days”
1904 - German General Lothar von Trotha issues order to exterminate Herero people in Namidia; 1st genocide of 20th century, will kill 65,000 Herero and 100,000 of the Nama tribe
1950 - 1st cartoon strip of Charlie Brown and “Peanuts” published
1967 - Thurgood Marshal sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice
2009 - “Stan Lee Day” declared by county of Los Angeles and City of Long Beach (pictured below)
2016 - Kim Kardashian is robbed at gunpoint of $10 million worth of jewelry in her hotel in Paris
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