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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: was borned today October 1869

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2nd October 1944:
The Warsaw Uprising ends with the surrender of the surviving Polish rebels to German forces.

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October 4 1895:

Horace Rawlins receives $150 as the winner of the inaugural U.S. Open golf championship.

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Born 1952: Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy's wife, TV personality, "The Osbournes."

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October 10 1973:

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned his office.

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October 11 1983:

The last hand-cranked telephones in the U.S. went out of service.
The 440 telephone customers of Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched to direct-dial service.

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1963
Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47

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October 12 1870:

Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.

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October 12, 1492
Columbus reaches the New World
After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia.

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October 14 1960:

Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy
suggested formation of a Peace Corps during a talk at the University of Michigan.

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