October 2
October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. Events1100-18991187 - 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.
1900-1999 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 1321992 - 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.
2000-20992001 - Bankrupcy of Swissair.2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
Births1400-18991452 - 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, 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 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian political leader (d. 1948)1871 - Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State (d. 1955)1879 - Wallace Stevens, poet (d. 1955)1890 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)1895 - Bud Abbott, comedian, actor (d. 1974)
1900-19991901 - Alice Prin, singer/artist: "Kiki" (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)1928 - George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)1932 - Maury Wills, baseball star1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr, American attorney (d. 2005)1938 - Rex Reed, movie critic, actor1943 - Franklin Rosemont, co-founder of the Surrealist Movement in the United States1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter1948 - Avery Brooks, actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) 1948 - Donna Karan, fashion designer 1948 - Chris LeDoux, 56, American country music and rodeo star (d. 2005)1949 - Richard Hell, musician1950 - Persis Khambatta, actress (d. 1998)1951 - Sting, British singer, actor1954 - Lani O'Grady, actress (d. 2001)1955 - Lorraine Bracco, actress1961 - Edmond Yu (d. 1997)1966 - Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoai, professional wrestler (d. 2000)1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete1970 - Kelly Ripa, actress, television host1971 - Tiffany, American singer1973 - Susana Gonzalez, Mexican actress1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese pop singer
Deaths1200-18991264 - Pope Urban IV (b. c. 1195)1782 - Charles Lee, British and U.S officer (b. 1732)1803 - Samuel Adams (b. 1722)1850 - Sarah Biffen, painter (b. 1784)1853 - François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (b. 1786)
1900-19991927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish scientist (b. 1857)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, U.S. journalist (b. 1902)1985 - Rock Hudson, actor (b. 1925)1998 - Gene Autry, singer, actor, entrepreneur (b. 1907)
2000-20992002 - Heinz von Foerster, physicist and philosopher, one of the founders of constructivism2003 - John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor under Gerald Ford2003 - Gunther Philipp, Austrian comedian and actor
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