October 2

October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in Leap years). There are 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:

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		October 2
		October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in Leap years). There are 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: 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
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