Historical Events on October 2, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on October 2nd This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2019 | A privately-owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven. |
| 2018 | The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. |
| 2016 | Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people. |
| 2007 | President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. |
| 2006 | Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States. |
| 2004 | The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK. |
| 2002 | The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people. |
| 1996 | Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board. |
| 1996 | The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. |
| 1992 | Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead. |
| 1990 | Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132. |
| 1980 | Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War. |
| 1971 | South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election. |
| 1971 | British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63. |
| 1970 | An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people. |
| 1968 | Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics. |
| 1967 | Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court. |
| 1958 | Guinea declares its independence from France. |
| 1944 | World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising. |
| 1942 | World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa. |
| 1937 | Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the border region of the Dominican Republic. |
| 1928 | The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.[12] |
| 1870 | By plebiscite, the citizens of the Papal States accept annexation by the Kingdom of Italy. |
| 1864 | American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues. |
| 1835 | Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia. |
| 1789 | The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification. |
| 1780 | American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army. |
| 1552 | Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan. |
| 1470 | The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands,[4] restoring Henry VI to the throne. |
| 1263 | The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots. |
| 939 | Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes. |
| 829 | Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. |
Famous People Born on October 2
Here is a random list who born on October 2. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Leela Roy Nag, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and politician (d. 1970) |
| 1907 | Alexander R. Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| 1768 | William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (d. 1854) |
| 1917 | Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1933 | John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1893 | Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (d. 1962) |
| 1951 | Sting, English singer-songwriter and actor |
| 1941 | Ron Meagher, American rock bass player |
| 1974 | Paul Teutul Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers |
| 1981 | Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer |
Famous People Deaths On October 2
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 2. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838) |
| 2020 | Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (b. 1957) |
| 1975 | K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903) |
| 1927 | Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859) |
| 1629 | Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584) |
| 1973 | Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904) |
| 1988 | Alec Issigonis, English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906) |
| 2001 | Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (b. 1906) |
| 1780 | John André, English soldier (b. 1750) |
| 2010 | Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (b. 1920) |
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