October 2
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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.
- 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.
- 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 stip Peanuts by Charles Schulz is first published in seven US newspapers.
- 1955 - The ENIAC computer is deactivated.
- 1955 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts (last new episode aired on June 26, 1962).
- 1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
- 1959 - The Twilight Zone debuts.
- 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.
- 1996 - The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Births
- 1452 - King Richard III of England
- 1798 - Charles Albert of Savoy
- 1800 - Nat Turner, American leader of slave uprising († 1831)
- 1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, anthropologist
- 1847 - Paul von Hindenburg, German officer and politician († 1934)
- 1851 - Ferdinand Foch, French soldier († 1929)
- 1852 - William Ramsay, Scottish chemist
- 1869 - Mohandas Gandhi, Indian political leader († 1948)
- 1879 - Wallace Stevens, poet († 1955)
- 1890 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor († 1977)
- 1895 - Bud Abbott, comedian, actor († 1974)
- 1901 - Alice Prin, singer/artist: "Kiki" († 1953)
- 1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist
- 1911 - Jack Finney, author († 1995)
- 1928 - George McFarland, American actor
- 1932 - Maury Wills, baseball star
- 1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., attorney
- 1938 - Rex Reed, movie critic, actor
- 1943 - Franklin Rosemont, co-founder of the Surrealist Movement in the United States
- 1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter
- 1948 - Avery Brooks, actor
- 1948 - Donna Karan, fashion designer
- 1949 - Richard Hell, musician
- 1951 - Sting British singer, actor
- 1954 - Lani O'Grady, actress († 2001)
- 1955 - Lorraine Bracco, actress
- 1961 - Edmond Yu
- 1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
- 1970 - Kelly Ripa, actress, television host
Deaths
- 1782 - Charles Lee, British and U.S. officer
- 1853 - [[Fran�ois Jean Dominique Arago]], French mathematician
- 1927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish scientist
- 1962 - Boris Y. Bukreev, Soviet mathematician, dies at 103
- 1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French artist
- 1973 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner
- 1981 - Hazel Scott, singer
- 1985 - Rock Hudson, actor
- 1998 - Gene Autry, singer, actor, entrepreneur
Holidays and observances
See also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 1 - October 3 - September 2 - November 2 - more historical anniversaries
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "October 2" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2 October 2, 2003
