Today is Thursday, Oct. 2, the 276th day of 2008. There are 90 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Oct. 2, the 276th day of 2008. There are 90 days left in the year. On this date in 1967, Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1835, the first battle of the Texas Revolution takes place as American settlers fight Mexican soldiers near the Guadalupe River; the Mexicans end up withdrawing. In 1869, political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi is born in Porbandar, India. In 1919, President Wilson suffers a stroke at the White House that leaves him partially paralyzed. In 1941, during World War II, German armies begin an all-out drive against Moscow. In 1944, Nazi troops crush the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people are killed.

October 2, 1983: Downtown Youngstown comes alive on a Saturday afternoon as thousands turnout for Bridgefest, a daylong event to mark the dedication of the new Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge on Market Street.

Forty-six men and women are sworn in as new citizens on the steps of the Mahoning County Courthouse by Tony Vivo, Mahoning County clerk of courts.

D. Lynn Gibson of Warren is the new chairman of the Western Reserve Chapter of the March of Dimes, replacing Atty. James E. Roberts.

October 2, 1968: A more equitable sharing of the school tax burden by the federal and state government is needed in Ohio, says Youngstown Schools Superintendent Woodrow W. Zinser, speaking at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Efforts by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers to organize the Boardman Police Department collapse after withdrawal of signed applications by a majority of patrolmen.

Atty. Joseph Schiavoni is appointed Mahoning County chairman for Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie.

October 2, 1958: Some 250,000 United Auto Workers, including 4,500 in Warren, walk off the job in a strike against General Motors after a final 20-hour bargaining session fails to reach a contract.

One of six Youngstown University coeds will reign over the golden anniversary homecoming. They are Dolores Lariccia, Sandra Sherwood, Elizabeth Candek, Claudette Stonework, Patricia Hackett, and Geraldine Stanton.

Youngstown City Council overrides the objections of 7th Ward Councilman Lawrence C. Gura and authorizes the sale of city water to a small area near McKay’s Corners in Boardman Township

October 2, 1933: President Roosevelt writes that banks “should provide normal credit requirements for business … otherwise the recovery program must suffer.”

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. begins a $250,000 expansion program at its Indiana Harbor plant, which is ready to begin production of alloy steels.