Marshall becomes first black justice of U.S. Supreme Court - This Day in History – Oct 2nd

Back in 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first black Supreme Court Justice.  Chief Justice Earl Warren swore in Mr. Marshall, after a confirmed nomination vote of 69 to 11.  Mr. Marshall would serve 24 years in this position before retiring in 1991 due to health problems.  He passed away at the age of 84 in 1993.

Balladeer, Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May” - his first #1 hit 

Singer, songwriter and musician Rod Stewart had sung plenty of rock songs over the years and had yet to get a #1 song.  However, this balladeer, classic, “Maggie May,” finally achieved this status in 1971.

According to history.com, “Soon, however, radio programmers began flipping "Reason To Believe" in favor of "Maggie May," the possibly autobiographical tale of a young man reflecting wistfully on the end of a love affair with an older woman. With its ringing acoustic guitar and mandolin arrangement, "Maggie May" reflected the full range of influences that had shaped a singer-songwriter then better known for the harder-edged music of the rock bands he'd fronted in the late 1960s and very early 1970s: the Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. But Rod Stewart had begun his path to stardom as an itinerant banjo- and harmonica-playing Bob Dylan devotee, and it was that folk sensibility that helped make "Maggie May" such a standout hit.”

Hollywood Film Star, Rock Hudson, dead of AIDS

Rock Hudson, a Hollywood actor whose career spanned over 30 years, became the first celebrity in the U.S. to die from AIDS in 1985.  Mr. Hudson was 59. 

According to history.com, “The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981 and the earliest victims were gay men who often faced public hostility and discrimination.” 

By 2006, the AIDS virus had killed 25 million people worldwide and infected 40 million others.”

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