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'''October 2nd''' is the 275th day (276th in [[leap year]]s) of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 90 days remaining. |
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==Events== |
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*[[1187]] - [[Saladin]] captures [[Jerusalem]] |
*[[1187]] - [[Saladin]] captures [[Jerusalem]] |
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*[[1535]] - [[Jacques Cartier]] discovers [[Montreal, Quebec]] |
*[[1535]] - [[Jacques Cartier]] discovers [[Montreal, Quebec]] |
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*[[1996]] - Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton |
*[[1996]] - Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton |
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==Births== |
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*[[1452]] - King [[Richard III of England]] |
*[[1452]] - King [[Richard III of England]] |
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*[[1798]] - [[Charles Albert of Savoy]] |
*[[1798]] - [[Charles Albert of Savoy]] |
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*[[1970]] - [[Kelly Ripa]], actress, [[television]] host |
*[[1970]] - [[Kelly Ripa]], actress, [[television]] host |
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==Deaths== |
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*[[1782]] - [[Charles Lee (general)|Charles Lee]], [[UK|British]] and [[United States|U.S.]] officer |
*[[1782]] - [[Charles Lee (general)|Charles Lee]], [[UK|British]] and [[United States|U.S.]] officer |
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*[[1853]] - [[François Jean Dominique Arago]], [[France|French]] [[mathematics|mathematician]] |
*[[1853]] - [[François Jean Dominique Arago]], [[France|French]] [[mathematics|mathematician]] |
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*[[1998]] - [[Gene Autry]], singer, actor, entrepreneur |
*[[1998]] - [[Gene Autry]], singer, actor, entrepreneur |
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==Holidays and observances== |
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'''See also:''' [[January]], [[February]], [[March]], [[April]], [[May]], [[June]], [[July]], [[August]], [[September]], [[October]], [[November]], [[December]] |
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[[October 1]] - [[October 3]] - [[September 2]] - [[November 2]] - more [[historical anniversaries]] |
[[October 1]] - [[October 3]] - [[September 2]] - [[November 2]] - more [[historical anniversaries]] |
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Revision as of 07:39, 17 August 2003
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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.
Events
- 1187 - Saladin captures Jerusalem
- 1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec
- 1780 - British spy John Andre is hanged by American forces
- 1835 - Battle of Gonzales - Texas Revolution begins
- 1870 - Italy annexes Rome and the Papal States
- 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke
- 1935 - Italy invades Abyssinia
- 1941 - Germany begins Operation "Typhoon" against Moscow.
- 1942 - First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, in Chicago, Illinois
- 1944 - Nazi troops end Warsaw Uprising
- 1950 - Comic stip Peanuts by Charles Schulz is first published in nine newspapers.
- 1955 - ENIAC deactivated
- 1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France
- 1967 - Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court
- 1996 - Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments 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)
- 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 - François 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