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October 2 is the 275th day (276th in Leap Year s) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 90 days remaining.
Events
- captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusade r rule.
- 1263 - The Battle Of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
- 1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec .
- 1789 - George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (the so called "Bill of Rights") to the States for ratification.
- soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas , but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
- - Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia , but are defeated by Confederate troops.
- 1889 - In Colorado , Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West .
- 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 ).
- , Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow .
- troops end the Warsaw Uprising .
- 1950 - The Comic Strip '' Peanuts '' by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven US newspapers.
- 1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France .
- 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 .
- 1970 - A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
- 1990 - A Chinese airline Boeing 737 -247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132
- 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 AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru killing 70.
- 2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan .
- 2005 - The Ethan Allen tour boat capsized on Lake George in Upstate New York , killing twenty people.
Births
- 1452 - King Richard III Of England (d. 1485 )
- 1539 - Saint Charles Borromeo , Italian cardinal (d. 1584 )
- 1644 - François-Timoléon De Choisy , French writer (d. 1724 )
- 1722 - Leopold Widhalm , Austrian luthier (d. 1776 )
- 1737 - Francis Hopkinson , American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1791 )
- 1768 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford , British general and politician (d. 1854 )
- 1798 - King Charles Albert Of Sardinia (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, Father of the Nation (d. 1948 )
- 1871 - Cordell Hull , United States Secretary Of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955 )
- 1873 - Plum Warner , English Cricketer (d. 1963 )
- 1879 - Wallace Stevens , American poet (d. 1955 )
- 1882 - Boris Shaposhnikov , Russian military commander (d. 1945 )
- 1890 - Groucho Marx , American comedian and actor (d. 1977 )
- 1895 - Bud Abbott , American comedian and actor (d. 1974 )
- 1901 - Alice Prin , French singer and artist (d. 1953 )
- 1904 - Graham Greene , British novelist (d. 1991 )
- 1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri , Prime Minister Of India (d. 1966 )
- 1907 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd , Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997 )
- 1911 - Jack Finney , American author (d. 1995 )
- 1913 - Karl Miller , German footballer (d. 1967 )
- 1914 - Jack Parsons , American rocket scientist (d. 1952 )
- 1917 - Christian De Duve , English-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1921 - Albert Scott Crossfield , American test pilot (d. 2006 )
- 1921 - Robert Runcie , Archbishop Of Canterbury (d. 2000 )
- 1926 - Jan Morris , English writer
- 1928 - George "Spanky" McFarland , American actor (d. 1993 )
- 1929 - Moses Gunn , African-American actor (d. 1993 )
- 1930 - Dave Barrett , Premier of British Columbia
- 1932 - Maury Wills , American baseball player
- 1934 - Earl Wilson , American baseball player (d. 2005 )
- 1935 - Omar Sivori , Argentine football player (d. 2005 )
- 1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. , American attorney (d. 2005 )
- 1938 - Rex Reed , American movie critic and actor
- 1938 - Waheed Murad , Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983 )
- 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 musician and rodeo performer (d. 2005 )
- 1949 - Richard Hell , American musician
- 1949 - Annie Leibovitz , American photographer
- 1950 - Persis Khambatta , Indian actress (d. 1998 )
- 1950 - Michael Rutherford , British musician
- 1951 - Sting , British musician and actor
- 1951 - Romina Power , Italian singer
- 1955 - Lorraine Bracco , American actress
- 1960 - Glenn Anderson , Canadian Ice Hockey player
- 1964 - Dirk Brinkmann , German field hockey player
- 1966 - Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoai , Samoan professional wrestler (d. 2000 )
- 1967 - Frankie Fredericks , Namibian athlete
- 1967 - Bud Gaugh , drummer for Ska Punk band Sublime
- 1968 - Jana Novotná , Czech tennis player
- 1968 - Glen Wesley , Canadian ice hockey players
- 1969 - Mitch English , American actor and television host
- 1970 - Kelly Ripa , American actress and television host
- 1971 - James Root , American guitarist ( Slipknot )
- 1971 - Tiffany , American singer
- 1975 - DeShaun Holton AKA Proof, former member of American rap group D12 (d. 2006 )
- 1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki , Japanese singer
- 1982 - George Pettit , Canadian singer ( Alexisonfire )
Deaths
- 1264 - Pope Urban IV
- 1559 - Jacquet Of Mantua , French composer (b. 1483 )
- 1626 - Diego Sarmiento De Acuña, Conde De Gondomar , Spanish diplomat (b. 1567 )
- 1629 - Pierre De Bérulle , French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575 )
- 1629 - Antonio Cifra , Italian composer (b. 1584 )
- 1708 - Anne-Jules, 2nd Duc De Noailles , French general (b. 1650 )
- 1724 - François-Timoléon De Choisy , French writer (b. 1644 )
- 1746 - Josiah Burchett , English Secretary of the Admiralty
- 1764 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke Of Devonshire , Prime Minister Of Great Britain
- 1775 - Chiyo-ni , Japanese poet (b. 1703 )
- 1782 - Charles Lee , British and U.S. general
- 1786 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel , British admiral (b. 1725 )
- 1803 - Samuel Adams , American revolutionary leader (b. 1722 )
- 1804 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot , French automobile pioneer (b. 1725 )
- 1817 - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov , Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744 )
- 1846 - Benjamin Waterhouse , Cambridge physician and medical professor ( Smallpox Vaccine Pioneer ) (b. 1754 )
- 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 , Russian mathematician (b. 1859 )
- 1968 - Marcel Duchamp , French artist (b. 1887 )
- 1973 - Paul Hartman , American actor (b. 1904 )
- 1973 - Paavo Nurmi , Finnish runner (b. 1897 )
- 1974 - Vasily Shukshin , Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929 )
- 1975 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj , Indian Political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903 )
- 1981 - Harry Golden , American journalist (b. 1902 )
- 1981 - Hazel Scott , West Indian-born singer (b. 1920 )
- 1985 - Rock Hudson , American actor (b. 1925 )
- 1987 - Peter Medawar , Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1915 )
- 1994 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson , American actress (b. 1909 )
- 1998 - Gene Autry , American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907 )
- 2001 - Franz Biebl , German composer (b. 1906 )
- 2002 - Heinz Von Foerster , Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911 )
- 2003 - John T. Dunlop , U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914 )
- 2005 - Nipsey Russell , American comedian (b. 1924 )
- 2005 - August Wilson , American playwright (b. 1945 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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