On This Day, Oct. 2: LBJ establishes Cascades, Redwood parks

Oct. 2 (UPI) — On this date in history:

In 1925, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird performed the first test of a working television system.

In 1950, the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published for the first time. The comic ran for 50 years until Schulz’s death in 2000 from cancer.

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation establishing Redwood National Park and North Cascades National Park.

The Charlie Brown balloon floats down the parade route at the Macy's 86th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 22, 2012. On October 3, 1950, the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published for the first time. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI — The Charlie Brown balloon floats down the parade route at the Macy’s 86th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 22, 2012. On October 3, 1950, the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published for the first time. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

In 1970, a plane crash in Colorado killed 31 people, including members of the Wichita State University football team.

In 1984, Richard Miller became the first FBI agent to be charged with espionage. He was convicted of passing government secrets to the Soviet Union through his Russian lover.

On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Photo courtesy Library of Congress

In 1985, actor Rock Hudson died of AIDS. He was 59. The first celebrity to publicly acknowledge he suffered from AIDS, Hudson’s final days were marked by visits from screen legends.

In 2001, NATO said the United States had shown evidence, sufficient to justify military action, that Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida were responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Televisions are seen at a Best Buy store in Arlington, Va., on June 12, 2009. On October 3, 1925, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird performed the first test of a working television system. File Photo by Alexis C. Glenn/UPI

In 2002, a 55-year-old Maryland man was slain in the first in a series of apparent random sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area for three weeks. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were both convicted of capital murder for the killings, which numbered 17 in total. Muhammad was executed Nov. 10, 2009. Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

People visit the D.C. sniper victims' memorial, dedicated to the victims of the 2002 D.C. Sniper shootings, at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Md., on November 10, 2009. On October 3, 2002, a 55-year-old Maryland man was slain in the first in a series of apparent random sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area for three weeks. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI — People visit the D.C. sniper victims’ memorial, dedicated to the victims of the 2002 D.C. Sniper shootings, at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Md., on November 10, 2009. On October 3, 2002, a 55-year-old Maryland man was slain in the first in a series of apparent random sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area for three weeks. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

In 2006, five Amish girls were fatally shot in a rural, one-room schoolhouse in Nickle Mines, Pa. The suspect, a milk truck driver who also killed himself, had told his wife he needed to avenge something that had happened 20 years earlier.

In 2020, President Donald Trump announced he and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with COVID-19. The president would go on to be hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment.

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