Today in History: October 2, Vin Scully wishes all ‘a pleasant afternoon’ for the last time

Today is Thursday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2025. There are 90 days left in the year.

On Oct. 2, 2016, Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster Vin Scully signed off for the last time, ending 67 years behind the mic for the Dodgers as he called a 7-1 loss to the Giants in San Francisco.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson had a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side.

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In 1944, German troops crushed the 2-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed.