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'''[[October 2]]''' 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==

*[[1187]] - [[Siege of Jerusalem (1187)|Siege of Jerusalem]]: [[Saladin]] captures [[Jerusalem]] after 88 years of [[Crusade]]r rule.

*[[1535]] - [[Jacques Cartier]] discovers [[Montreal, Quebec]].

*[[1780]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Great Britain|British]] spy [[John Andre]] is hanged by [[United States|American]] forces for his role in [[Benedict Arnold|Benedict Arnold's]] plot to sell [[West Point]] to the [[British Army]].

*[[1835]] - The [[Texas Revolution]] begins with the [[Battle of Gonzales]]: [[Mexico|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, Cornwall|Falmouth]], [[England]] aboard the [[HMS Beagle|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]] - [[United States|Union]] forces attack [[Saltville, Virginia]], but are defeated by [[Confederate States of America|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]] - [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially[[paralysis | 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]] - [[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]]'' [[Where Is Everybody?|pilot]] premieres.

*[[1962]] - [[Johnny Carson]] debuts as host of [[The Tonight Show]].

*[[1967]] - [[Thurgood Marshall]] sworn in as the first [[African-American]] justice of [[Supreme Court of the United States|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 (TV series)|Andromeda Ascendet]] premiered, it ended on [[May 13]], [[2005]].

*[[2001]] - Bankruptcy of [[Swissair]].

*[[2001]] - First [[palindrome|palindromic]] MM-DD-YYYY date since [[August 31]], [[1380]].

*[[2004]] - [[American Samoa]] joins the [[North American Numbering Plan]].

==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]] - [[Charles Albert of Savoy]] (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]])

*[[1853]] - [[François Arago]], French mathematician (b. [[1786]])

*[[1869]] - [[Mahatma Gandhi]], Indian political leader (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]])

*[[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]] - [[Graham Greene (writer)|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]] - [[George McFarland|"Spanky" McFarland]], 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 (musician)|Sting]], British singer and actor

*[[1955]] - [[Lorraine Bracco]], American actress

*[[1966]] - [[Rodney Anoai|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 (singer)|Tiffany]], American singer

* 1971 - [[James Root]], American guitarist ([[Slipknot]])

*[[1978]] - [[Ayumi Hamasaki]], Japanese singer

==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 (general)|Charles Lee]], British and U.S. general (b. [[1732]])

*[[1803]] - [[Samuel Adams]], American patriot (b. [[1722]])

*[[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 Yakovlovic Bukreev|Boris Y. Bukreev]], Soviet mathematician (b. [[1859]])

*[[1968]] - [[Marcel Duchamp]], French artist (b. [[1887]])

*[[1973]] - [[Paavo Nurmi]], Finnish runner (b. [[1897]])

*[[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]])

== External links ==

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/2 BBC: On This Day]

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==Holidays and observances==

[[Feast of Guardian angels]]

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