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, 28,797,120 minutes 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
- 1780 –John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
- 1789 –George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
- 1814 –Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.
- 1928 –The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
- 1970 –A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
- 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.
- 2001 –NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.
- 2001 –Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
- 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?
- 1879 –Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
- 1933 –Michel Plasson, French conductor
- 1945 –Don McLean, American songwriter
- 1957 –Wade Dooley, English rugby union player
- 1960 –Dereck Whittenburg, American college basketball player and coach
- 1962 –Jeff Bennett, American voice actor
- 1968 –Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter
- 1969 –Jun Akiyama, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1971 –Tiffany, American singer
- 1978 –Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
Who died on October 2?
- 939 –Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
- 1626 –Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
- 1803 –Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722)
- 1817 –Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
- 1927 –Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 2005 –Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)
- 2007 –Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (b. 1913)
- 2007 –Tawn Mastrey, American disc jockey (b. 1954)
- 2008 –Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (b. 1968)
- 2008 –Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950)
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