October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ...

October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: 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 - The Texas Revolution begins with the 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 five-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 Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American old west.
• 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.
• 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: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
• 1944 - World War II: 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.
• 1978 - Baseball: Bucky Dent hits a home run for the New York Yankees to defeat the Boston Red Sox in a one-game play off at Fenway Park. The home run was Dent's 5th of the season.
• 1990 - A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132
• 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 AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru killing 70.
• 1996 - Lance Armstrong is diagnosed with testicular cancer that spreads to his liver, lungs, and brain.
• 2000 - The science fiction TV-series Andromeda premiered, it ended on May 13, 2005.
• 2001 - Bankruptcy of Swissair.
• 2001 - First palindromic MM-DD-YYYY date since August 31, 1380.
• 2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
• 2005 - The Ethan Allen tour boat capsized on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty-one people.

Events May 1 - Battle of Cresson - Saladin defeats the crusaders July 4 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin. ... The Siege of Jerusalem took place from September 20 to October 2, 1187. ... This article is about the Muslim general; for the British armoured vehicle named after him, see Alvis Saladin. ... Jerusalem (31°46′ N 35°14′ E; Hebrew:   יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ?; Yerushalayim; Arabic:   القُدس? al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... This article is about the medieval Crusades . ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier (December 31, 1491 – September 1, 1557), baptized Jakez Karter, was a French explorer who is popularly thought of as one of the major discoverers of Canada, or more specifically, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country. ... This article needs cleanup. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen North American colonies. ... Major John André John André (May 2, 1750 - October 2, 1780) was a British officer hanged as a spy in the American Revolutionary War. ... Benedict Arnold For other people of the same name, see Benedict Arnold (disambiguation). ... Alternate meanings: West Point (disambiguation). ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Texas Revolution was a war fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Tejas portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. ... The Battle of Gonzales was a skirmish that took place on October 2, 1835, in the Texas town of Gonzales between the Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army. ... Gonzales is a city located in Gonzales County, Texas. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Darwin in 1854, five years before he published The Origin of Species. ... Falmouth is a sea-port on the south coast of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... HMS Beagle (centre) from an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10 gun brig of the Royal Navy, named after the Beagle breed of dog. ... This article is about biological evolution. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The American Civil War was fought in North America from 1861 until 1865 between the United States of America – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... ... Saltville is a town located in Virginia. ... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4, 1861 until captured May... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... State nickname: The Centennial State Other U.S. States Capital Denver Largest city Denver Governor Bill Owens (R) Official languages English Area 269,837 km² (8th)  - Land 268,879 km²  - Water 962 km² (0. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... Dr. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). ... Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, usually called the Geneva Protocol, is a treaty to ban the use of chemical and biological weapons. ... The League of Nations was an international organization founded after the First World War at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A prelate is a member of the clergy having a special canonical jurisdiction over a territory or a group of people; usually, a prelate is a bishop. ... The term Holy Cross could refer to a number of articles on Wikipedia: The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, or a number of other Holy Cross Colleges The Holy Cross dispute surrounding Holy Cross Primary School in Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2001 and 2002. ... Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, commonly known as Opus Dei (Latin for Work of God), is a worldwide structure of the Roman Catholic Church, founded on October 2, 1928, by the Spanish priest Josemaría Escrivá. The prelature... In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ... Saint Josemaría addressing young Catholics Saint Josemaría Escrivá (January 9, 1902 – June 26, 1975), (previously known as Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albas) was a Spanish Catholic priest and founder of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... The eastern front at the time of Operation Typhoon. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... Look up Nazi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was an armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Vintage Peanuts strips continue to be sold in book form. ... Charles M. Schulz Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known for his Peanuts comic strip. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ENIAC ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was long thought to have been the first electronic computer designed to be Turing-complete, capable of being reprogrammed by rewiring to solve a full range of computing problems. ... Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a half-hour anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Twilight Zone original opening. ... Where is Everybody? is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johnny Carson John William Johnny Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show from 1962 until 1992. ... The Tonight Show is NBCs long-running late-night talk and variety show, currently hosted by Jay Leno in Burbank, CA (near Los Angeles). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908- January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first black American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or simply blacks are an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and Central Africa. ... Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States of America, and is the head of the Judicial Branch of the Federal Government, one of three separate and equal governmental bodies, along with the Legislative and the Executive branches. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... The Tlatelolco massacre took place on the night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco, Mexico City. ... Baseball is popular in the Americas and East Asia. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 737 in new Boeing Colors. ... Location within China Guangzhou (Simplified Chinese: 广州; Traditional Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-chou; Jyutping: Gwong2zau1; Yale: GwóngjaÅ«) is the capital of the Guangdong Province in southern China. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Flag of São Paulo São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the implementation of freedom of information legislation in the United States. ... William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... Aeroperu (shorter for Empresa Nacional de Aeronavegación del Perú, SA) was the national flag air carrier of Peru. ... The Boeing 757 is a medium-range transcontinental commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ... This article is about Lima, Peru. ... Armstrong on the cover of Sports Illustrated shortly before the 2005 Tour de France. ... Testicular cancer is a type of cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Gene Roddenberrys Andromeda was a science fiction television series, created by Gene Roddenberry but produced posthumously. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Swissair MD-11 Swissair, short for Swiss Air Transport Company Limited, was Switzerlands national air carrier for 71 years (1931-2002). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units (like a strand of DNA) which has the property of reading the same in either direction (the adjustment of spaces between letters is generally permitted). ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... Events September 8 - Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitrii Ivanovich defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols (the Golden Horde), stopping their advance at Kulikovo. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a system for three-digit area codes that direct telephone calls to particular regions on a public switched telephone network (PSTN), where they are further routed by the local network. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... View of southern end of Lake George. ... Upstate New York is the region of New York State outside of the core of the New York metropolitan area. ...

Births

• 1452 - King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
• 1539 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)
• 1644 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)
• 1737 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
• 1768 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854)
• 1798 - King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
• 1800 - Nat Turner, American leader of slave uprising (d. 1831)
• 1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English 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 Gandhi, Indian political leader, Father of the Nation (d. 1948)
• 1871 - Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
• 1879 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
• 1882 - Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945)
• 1890 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
• 1895 - Bud Abbott, American comedian and actor (d. 1974)
• 1901 - Alice Prin, French singer and artist (d. 1953)
• 1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri,Indian Politician,Prime Minister (d.1966)
• 1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist (d. 1991)
• 1911 - Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995)
• 1914 - Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist (d. 1952)
• 1921 - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
• 1926 - Jan Morris, English writer
• 1928 - "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1929 - Moses Gunn, African-American actor (d. 1993)
• 1932 - Maury Wills, baseball player
• 1934 - Earl Wilson, baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005)
• 1938 - Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor
• 1943 - Franklin Rosemont, American artist
• 1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter
• 1948 - Avery Brooks, American actor
• 1948 - Donna Karan, American fashion designer
• 1948 - Chris LeDoux, American musicician and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
• 1949 - Richard Hell, American musician
• 1950 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
• 1951 - Sting, British singer and actor
• 1955 - Lorraine Bracco, American actress
• 1966 - Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoai, Samoan professional wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
• 1968 - Jana Novotna, Czech tennis player
• 1970 - Kelly Ripa, American actress and television host
• 1971 - Tiffany, American singer
• 1971 - James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot)
• 1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer

Events October - English troops under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, land in Guyenne, France, and retake most of the province without a fight. ... Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was the King of England from 1483 until his death and the last king from the House of York. ... Events August 22 - Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Carlo Borromeo (October 2, 1538 - November 4, 1584), saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, son of Ghiberto Borromeo, count of Arona, and Margarita de Medici, was born at the castle of Arona on Lago Maggiore. ... 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... François Timoléon, abbé de Choisy (October 2, 1644 - October 2, 1724), French author, was born in Paris. ... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... Francis Hopkinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (October 2, 1768 – January 8, 1854), British soldier and politician. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Albert of Sardinia Charles Albert (October 2, 1798 – July 28, 1849) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Nat Turner Preaches Religion. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Edward Burnett Tylor. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Paul von Hindenburg President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg (full name Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) (October 2, 1847 – August 2, 1934) was a German Field Marshal and statesman. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Ferdinand Foch (October 2, 1851 – March 20, 1929) was a French soldier. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... William Ramsay. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari : मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી) was a national icon who led the struggle for Indias independence from British colonial rule, empowered by tens of millions of common Indians. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Secretary Hull Cordell Hull ( October 2, 1871– July 23, 1955) was United States Secretary of State from 1933- 1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. ... The Seal of the United States Secretary of State The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. ... Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes requested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Shaposhnikov (with Joseph Stalin, 1935) Boris Mikhailovitch Shaposhnikov (Russian: Борис Михайлович Шапошников) (October 2, 1882 - March 26, 1945), Soviet military commander, was born at Zlatoust, near Chelyabinsk in the Urals. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Groucho Marx poses for an NBC promotional photograph Julius Henry Marx, known as Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... William Alexander Abbott aka Bud Abbott (October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974) is a legendary American actor, producer and comedian from Asbury Park, New Jersey. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Kiki, was the stage name for Alice Ernestine Prin (1901 - 1953), a nightclub singer, actress, model, and painter. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lal Bahadur Shastri (लालबहादुर शास्त्री) (October 2, 1904 - January 11, 1966) was the second Prime Minister of independent Bharat and a significant figure in the struggle for independence. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the writer Graham Greene. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Jack Finney (October 2, 1911 - November 16, 1995) was an American author. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... John Whiteside (Jack) Parsons (October 2, 1914–June 17, 1952), born Marvel Whiteside Parsons, was a rocket propulsion researcher at the California Institute of Technology and co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Aerojet Corporation. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Grave of Lord Runcie at St Albans Cathedral Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie (October 2, 1921 – July 11, 2000) was the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jan Morris, (born James Morris ), CBE, born October 2, 1926 in Clevedon, North Somerset (then in Somerset), England, by heritage and adoption Welsh, British historian and travel writer, noted for the Pax Britannica trilogy, a survey history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, notably, Venice, Trieste and... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... George McFarland as Spanky. George Robert Phillips McFarland (October 2, 1928 - June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his childhood role as Spanky in the depression era childrens comedy movie series Our Gang, also known as the Little Rascals. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Moses Gunn (born October 2, 1929 in St. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Maurice Morning Maury Wills (born October 2, 1932 in Washington, DC) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitting batter who played most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1959-66, 1969-72), and also with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967-68) and Montreal Expos (1969). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Robert Earl Wilson (name changed from Earl Lawrence Wilson) (October 2, 1934 - April 23, 2005) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1959-60, 1962-66), Detroit Tigers (1966-1970) and San Diego Padres (1970). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rex Taylor Reed (born October 2, 1938 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American movie critic and was co-host of the syndicated television show At the Movies. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Franklin Rosemont (born October 2, 1943) was co founder of the Surrealist Movement in the United States. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cover of the American Pie album. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brooks as Sisko Avery Brooks (born October 2, 1948 in Evansville, Indiana) is an American actor. ... Donna Faske (born October 2, 1948 in Forest Hills, New York), better known as Donna Karan, is an American fashion designer. ... Chris LeDoux (1948-2005). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Richard Hell Richard Hell (born October 2, 1949) is the stage name of Richard Myers, an American singer, songwriter and writer, probably best-known as frontman for the early punk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Persis Khambatta (October 2, 1950 – August 18, 1998) was a Zoroastrian model and actress. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Sting circa 1987 Sting redirects here. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress who is most known for her role as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Rodney Anoai as Yokozuna Rodney Anoai (October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler, most commonly known as Yokozuna. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... [[Image:[[Media: --61. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Novotná at the 1998 US Open Jana Novotná (born October 2, 1968 in Brno, Czech Republic) is a former professional Czech tennis player. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Kelly Ripa Kelly Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970 in Stratford, New Jersey) is an American actress. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Tiffany Tiffany Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971 in California; sometimes mistakenly reported as being born in Oklahoma, where she has some relatives), better known in the music world as Tiffany, is an American singer who had a number of teen pop hits during the late 1980s. ... James Root (October 2, 1971), is a guitarist, known mainly for the nine piece nu metal band, Slipknot. ... Slipknot can refer to several things: Slip knot, a kind of knot. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Ayumi Hamasaki as a covergirl for a Japanese teen magazine Popteen (Image © by http://www. ...

Deaths

• 1264 - Pope Urban IV
• 1559 - Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
• 1626 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
• 1629 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575)
• 1629 - Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
• 1708 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
• 1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
• 1746 - Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty
• 1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
• 1782 - Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
• 1803 - Samuel Adams, American patriot (b. 1722)
• 1817 - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
• 1850 - Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 - François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (b. 1786)
• 1901 - Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (b. 1832)
• 1927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1962 - Boris Y. Bukreev, Soviet mathematician (b. 1859)
• 1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French artist (b. 1887)
• 1973 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1974 - Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenplay writer and film director (b. 1929)
• 1981 - Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)
• 1981 - Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
• 1985 - Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1998 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
• 2002 - Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
• 2003 - John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 2005 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)

Events May 12 - The Battle of Lewes begins (ends May 14). ... Urban IV, né Jacques Pantaléon (Troyes, ca. ... Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... Jacquet of Mantua (Jacques Colebault) (1483–October 2, 1559) was a French composer of the Renaissance, who spent almost his entire life in Italy. ... Events The São Tomé settlement is founded. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar (November 1, 1567 - October 2, 1626), was a Spanish diplomat. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... Pierre de Bérulle (February 4, 1575 - October 2, 1629) was a French cardinal and statesman. ... Events February 13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Reims February 14 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont June 28 - Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in the battle of Nagashino, which has been called Japans first modern battle. ... Antonio Cifra (1584–October 2, 1629) was an Italian composer of the Roman School of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. ... 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles (5 February 1650–2 October France towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV, and, after raising the regiment of Noailles in 1689, he commanded in Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession, and was made marshal of France in 1693. ... // Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... François Timoléon, abbé de Choisy (October 2, 1644 - October 2, 1724), French author, was born in Paris. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... Josiah Burchett (1666? – October 2, 1746) was Secretary of the Admiralty in England, a position he held for almost fifty years (26 Sept 1694 - 14 Oct 1742). ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Chiyo-ni (Kaga no Chiyo) (千代尼; 1703 - 2 October 1775) was a Japanese haiku poet of the Edo period, known for poems about the flower, the morning glory (asagao). ... Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Lee Charles Lee (1732–1782) was a British soldier turned Virginia planter who was a Major General of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American revolutionary and organizer of the Boston Tea Party. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov (1744 – October 2, 1817) was the most illustrious Russian naval commander and admiral of the 18th century. ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births February 6 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sarah Biffen (October 1784 – October 2, 1850) was a Victorian British painter with no arms. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... François Jean Dominique Arago (February 26, 1786 – October 2, 1853) was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Karl Rudolph König Karl Rudolph König (November 26, 1832 - October 2, 1901), was a German physicist, chiefly concerned with acoustic phenomena. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Svante August Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius (February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev (September 6, 1859 _ October 2, 1962) was a Russian mathematician who worked in the areas of complex functions and differential equations. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was an influential French/American artist. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Paavo Nurmi (June 13, 1897 – October 2, 1973) was a Finnish runner. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Васи́лий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a notable Russian actor. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hazel Dorothy Scott (1920 – 1981) was a jazz and classical pianist and singer. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Harry Golden (né Harry Goldhirsch) (May 6, 1902–October 2, 1981) was born in the Jewish ghetto in what is now Mikulintsy, Ukraine, then part of Austria-Hungary. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor, famous for his rugged good looks. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Gene Autry Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Heinz von Foerster (November 13, 1911 - October 2, 2002) was a scientist combining physics and philosophy. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Thomas Dunlop (born 1914) was a U.S. administrator. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August Wilson (born April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - died October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright who achieved widespread acclaim for his stage plays, which focus primarily on the African-American experience in the 20th century. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Holidays and observances

• Roman festivals - First day of the Ludi Augustales to celebrate the recovery by emperor August of Roman standards from the Parthians
• RC Church - Memorial of Guardian angels
• Also see October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Guinea - Independence Day (from France, 1958)
• India - Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869)

Link titleFestivals in Ancient Rome include religious feasts, normal games and political activities. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... The Guardian Angels are an anti-crime organization that operate in the United States, Europe, Brazil, South Africa, and Japan. ... Oct. ... An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nations assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony of another state. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gandhi Jayanti is a National Holiday celebrated in India to mark the occasion of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. It is celebrated on October 2. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari : मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી) was a national icon who led the struggle for Indias independence from British colonial rule, empowered by tens of millions of common Indians. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day

Links to October 2

October 1 - October 3 - September 2 - November 2 – more historical anniversaries October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...