This happened today, October 2

1916 – San Diego Zoo founded

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1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson had a stroke; leaving him partially paralyzed

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1982 – Bomb attack in Teheran; killed 60 people and injured 700

2006 – Five school girls were murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in Pennsylvania

2009 – Rio de Janeiro was elected as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics