October 2Birthdays & History

On this day: October 2 in history

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1. 829Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.Europe
2. 939Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.Europe
3. 1187Saladin won Jerusalem after the city surrendered to his forces following a prolonged siege.Middle East
4. 1263The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.Europe
5. 1470The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.Europe
6. 1552Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan.Europe
7. 1766The Nottingham Cheese Riot breaks out at the Goose Fair in Nottingham, UK, in response to the excessive cost of cheese.Europe
8. 1780American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.North AmericaEurope
9. 1789The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.North America
10. 1835Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.North AmericaLatin America
11. 1864American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues.North America
12. 1870By plebiscite, the citizens of the Papal States accept annexation by the Kingdom of Italy.Europe
13. 1919Seven days after suffering a "physical collapse" following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson has a catastrophic stroke at the White House, leaving him physically and mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency.North America
14. 1920Ukrainian War of Independence: Mikhail Frunze orders the Red Army to immediately cease hostilities with the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.Europe
15. 1928The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.Europe
16. 1937Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the border region of the Dominican Republic.Latin America
17. 1942World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa.Europe
18. 1944World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.Europe
19. 1958Guinea declares its independence from France.AfricaEurope
20. 1967Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.AfricaNorth America
21. 1968Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.Latin America
22. 1970An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.North America
23. 1971British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.Europe
24. 1971South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.Asia
25. 1980Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.North America
26. 1990Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132.Asia
27. 1992Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.Latin America
28. 1996The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.North America
29. 1996Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.Latin America
30. 2002The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.North America
31. 2004The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.Europe
32. 2006Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.North America
33. 2007President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.Asia
34. 2016Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.Africa
35. 2018The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.Middle East
36. 2019A privately owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.North America
37. 20252 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur.Europe

Source: Wikipedia "October 2" / CC BY-SA 4.0