October 2
October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
Births
- 1452 - King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
- 1737 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
- 1798 - Charles Albert of Savoy (d. 1849)
- 1800 - Nat Turner, American leader of slave uprising (d. 1831)
- 1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)
- 1847 - Paul von Hindenburg, German officer and politician (d. 1934)
- 1851 - Ferdinand Foch, French soldier (d. 1929)
- 1852 - William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
- 1869 - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political leader (d. 1948)
- 1871 - Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 1955)
- 1879 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
- 1890 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
- 1895 - Bud Abbott, comedian and actor (d. 1974)
- 1901 - Alice Prin, singer and artist (d. 1953)
- 1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist (d. 1991)
- 1911 - Jack Finney, author (d. 1995)
- 1914 - Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist (d. 1952)
- 1921 - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Jan Morris, writer, mainly travel literature
- 1928 - George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1932 - Maury Wills, baseball star
- 1934 - Earl Wilson, Major League Baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005)
- 1938 - Rex Reed, movie critic and actor
- 1943 - Franklin Rosemont, American artist
- 1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter
- 1948 - Avery Brooks, American actor
- 1948 - Donna Karan, American fashion designer
- 1948 - Chris LeDoux, American country music and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
- 1949 - Richard Hell, American musician
- 1950 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
- 1951 - Sting, British singer and actor
- 1954 - Lani O'Grady, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1955 - Lorraine Bracco, American actress
- 1966 - Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoai, Samoan professional wrestler (d. 2000)
- 1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
- 1970 - Kelly Ripa, American actress and television host
- 1971 - Tiffany, American singer
- 1973 - Susana Gonzalez, Mexican actress
- 1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
- 1988 - Daniel Dennis I. Biala, Someone in the Philippines
Deaths
- 1264 - Pope Urban IV
- 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)
- 1927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 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)
- 1998 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
- 2001 - Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
- 2002 - Heinz von Foerster, physicist and philosopher
- 2003 - John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor
- 2003 - Gunther Philipp, Austrian comedian and actor
External links
Links to October 2
Holidays and observances
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