What are the important events that happened on October 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 2: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 2 is the 275^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 19, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,712 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontapentagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 138 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,668 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 2 Historical Events

• 1789 –
  George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
• 1925 –
  John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
• 1937 –
  Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
• 1958 –
  Guinea declares its independence from France.
• 1992 –
  The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1996 –
  Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
• 1996 –
  The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• 2002 –
  The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• 2005 –
  Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
• 2006 –
  Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.

Who were born on October 2?

• 1933 –
  Phill Niblock, American composer, filmmaker and videographer
• 1945 –
  Don McLean, American songwriter
• 1946 –
  Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (d. 1985)
• 1948 –
  Siim Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1960 –
  Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 –
  Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
• 1970 –
  Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian singer
• 1976 –
  Mandisa, American singer
• 1980 –
  Shane Andrus, American football player
• 1985 –
  Buster Davis, American football player

Who died on October 2?

• 1629 –
  Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
• 1782 –
  Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
• 1920 –
  Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 –
  Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1947 –
  Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1971 –
  Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1981 –
  Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
• 1996 –
  Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
• 2005 –
  August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
• 2006 –
  Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)