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 276th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 19, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,952 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 ‘dihectaheptacontahexagon’ day.
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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 119 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 4,303 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 2 Historical Events
- 1535 –Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
- 1814 –Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.
- 1889 –In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
- 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, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
- 1958 –Guinea declares its independence from France.
- 1967 –Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
- 2001 –Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
- 2002 –The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
- 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?
- 1917 –Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1946 –Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (d. 1985)
- 1948 –Avery Brooks, American actor
- 1948 –Siim Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1950 –Mike Rutherford, English musician (Genesis)
- 1950 –Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
- 1957 –Kate St John, English musician, vocalist, composer, record producer, and arranger
- 1962 –Claude V. McKnight III, American Jazz, R&B, and Gospel Music Singer
- 1966 –Rodney Anoa'i, Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2000)
- 1973 –Lene Nystrøm Rasted, Norwegian singer (Aqua)
Who died on October 2?
- 1775 –Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
- 1971 –Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
- 1975 –Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903)
- 1981 –Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
- 1991 –Demetrios Ι, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1914)
- 1996 –Andrey Lukanov, Former Bulgarian Prime Minister (1990), shot (b. 1938)
- 1998 –Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
- 2006 –Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
- 2007 –Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (b. 1913)
- 2007 –Tawn Mastrey, American disc jockey (b. 1954)
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