Thurgood Marshall
Today in History: October 2
oday in History: October 2: In 1944, German troops crushed the 2-month-old Warsaw Uprising; In 1967, Thurgood Marshall joined the U.S. Supreme Court; In 2006, an armed milk truck driver took a group of girls hostage in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; In 2016, Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster Vin Scully signed off for the last time; In 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi Arabian officials
Today in History: August 30
Today In History: August 30 Thurgood Marshall becomes first Black justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to establish the Allied occupation headquarters. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, passed away at the age of 91.