October 2 is the birthday of the one, the only, GROUCHO MARX (1890-1977)."

“Either this man is dead or my watch is stopped.”

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October 2 is the birthday of rocket scientist and occultist JACK PARSONS (1914-1952). A college dropout, he cofounded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He was also a devout occultist. Parsons was the leader of the California branch of Aleister Crowley's Thelemite Ordo Templi Orientis. He would perform a ritual invoking the god Pan before every rocket experiment. With his friend, L. Ron Hubbard, he conducted the Babalon Working, a series of rituals designed to invoke the Thelemic goddess Babalon to Earth.

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October 2 is the birthday of MAHATMA GANDHI (1869-1948).

"Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips."

"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed."

"For we are all tarred with the same brush and are children of one and the same Creator, and as such the divine powers within us are infinite. To slight a single human being is to slight those divine powers, and thus to harm not only that being, but with him, the whole world."

"I have regarded Jesus of Nazareth as one amongst the mighty teachers that the world has had. . . . I shall say to the Hindus that your lives will be incomplete unless you reverently study the teachings of Jesus."

"A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty."

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October 2 is the birthday of American cartoonist and illustrator ALEX RAYMOND (1909-1956). He's best known for creating the character Flash Gordon. To learn more, CLICK HERE.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On October 2, 1950, Charles Schulz's PEANUTS premiered in nine newspapers. Below is the very first strip.