Today is Monday, October 2, the 275th day of 2017. There are 90 days left in the year.
1950 — The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears
1954 — Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal
1954 — NY Giants sweep Cleve Indians, in 51st World Series
1955 — "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers
1956 — First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC
1958 — Guinea gains independence from France
1959 — Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS
1961 — "Ben Casey" premieres
1967 — Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents