October 2
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October 2 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days remaining after October 2 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 1187 – Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
- 1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
- 1780 – American Revolutionary War: British spy John Andre is hanged by American forces for his role in Benedict Arnold's plot to sell West Point to the British Army.
- 1835 – Texas Revolution begins: Battle of Gonzales – Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
- 1836 – Naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth, England aboard the HMS Beagle after a 5-year journey collecting biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia but are defeated by Confederate troops.
- 1889 – In Washington, DC, the first international Conference of American States begins.
- 1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
- 1924 – The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
- 1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
- 1935 – Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
- 1941 – World War II: Operation Typhoon – Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
- 1944 – Holocaust: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
- 1950 – The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven US newspapers.
- 1955 – The ENIAC computer is deactivated at 11:45 PM.
- 1955 – Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts (last new episode aired on June 26, 1962).
- 1958 – Guinea declares itself independent from France.
- 1959 – The Twilight Zone pilot premieres.
- 1962 – Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show.
- 1967 – Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
- 1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre.
- 1988 – The 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul come to an end.
- 1990 – A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, crashes into an empty Boeing 707-3J6B and then a Boeing 757-21B on the ground killing 132
- 1992 – Hero opens in theaters, starring Dustin Hoffman.
- 1992 – The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru prison system in São Paulo, Brazil.
- 1993 – The 1993 Moscow riots by Hardline Communists occur.
- 1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- 1996 – An Aeroperu Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru killing 70.
- 2001 – Bankruptcy of Swissair.
- 2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin.
- 2004 – American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
- 2006 – Five schoolgirls are killed in a shooting at an Amish school in Pennsylvania, before the gunman commits suicide.
- 2009 – Rio de Janeiro is awarded the hosting of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- 2009 – Voters in Ireland support the EU's Lisbon Treaty in a second referendum.
[change] Births
- 1452 – King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
- 1538 – Charles Borromeo, Italian Catholic Saint (d. 1584)
- 1810 – Nat Turner, American revolutionary (d. 1831)
- 1828 – Charles Floquet, 55th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896)
- 1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, German politician and military officer (d. 1934)
- 1852 – William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
- 1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian spiritual leader and advocate of non-violence (d. 1948)
- 1871 – Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State (d. 1955)
- 1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945)
- 1890 – Groucho Marx, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
- 1895 – Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
- 1902 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (d. 1965)
- 1904 – Graham Greene, English writer (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, second Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
- 1907 – Victor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician (d. 2001)
- 1907 – Alexander Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist (d. 1997)
- 1910 – Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer (d. 2001)
- 1917 – Christian de Duve, English-born biologist
- 1921 – Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
- 1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian
- 1935 – Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (d. 2005)
- 1938 – Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor
- 1945 – Don McLean, American singer
- 1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer
- 1948 – Siim Kallas, Estonian politician
- 1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
- 1950 – Ian McNeice, British actor
- 1950 – Mike Rutherford, British musician
- 1951 – Romina Power, American singer
- 1951 – Sting, British musician
- 1953 – Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone
- 1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress
- 1955 – Philip Oakey, English singer (The Human League)
- 1962 – Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic musician
- 1962 – Jeff Bennett, American actor
- 1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress
- 1971 – Tiffany, American singer
- 1977 – Didier Defago, Swiss skier
- 1979 – Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
- 1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Stephen Pearson, Scottish footballer
- 1982 – George Pettit, Canadian singer
- 1984 – Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
- 1985 – Ciprian Marica, Romanian footballer
- 1987 – Keith Earls, Irish rugby player
- 1993 – Tara Lynne Barr, American actress
[change] Deaths
- 1764 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
- 1782 – Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
- 1803 – Samuel Adams, American patriot (b. 1722)
- 1850 – Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
- 1853 – François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (b. 1786)
- 1920 – Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
- 1927 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 1947 – P. D. Ouspensky, Russian philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1962 – Boris Y. Bukreev, Soviet mathematician (b. 1859)
- 1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French artist (b. 1887)
- 1973 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
- 1981 – Hazel Scott, singer (b. 1920)
- 1981 – Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
- 1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
- 1987 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist (b. 1915)
- 1988 – Alec Issigonis, British engineer (b. 1906)
- 1996 – Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician (b. 1938)
- 1998 – Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
- 2002 – Heinz von Foerster, physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
- 2003 – John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
- 2006 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1944)
- 2006 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1916)
- 2009 – Marek Edelman, Polish social and political activist (b. 1919)
- 2009 – Rolf Ruessmann, German footballer (b. 1950)
[change] Observances
- Gandhi Jayanthi (India) and International Day of Non-Violence (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi)
- Independence Day (Guinea)
