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

• 1814 –
  Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
• 1889 –
  In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
• 1919 –
  U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
• 1924 –
  The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
• 1950 –
  Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published
• 1958 –
  Guinea declares its independence from France.
• 1959 –
  The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
• 1968 –
  A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre.
• 1970 –
  A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.

Who were born on October 2?

• 1722 –
  Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
• 1832 –
  Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)
• 1869 –
  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian independence movement figure (d. 1948)
• 1895 –
  Ruth Cheney Streeter, American military officer, first director of the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve (d. 1990)
• 1948 –
  Siim Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1951 –
  Sting, English musician and actor
• 1960 –
  Al Connelly, Canadian Musician/Songwriter
• 1964 –
  Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• 1973 –
  Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
• 1976 –
  Mandisa, American singer

Who died on October 2?

• 1626 –
  Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
• 1629 –
  Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
• 1780 –
  John André, British Army officer (executed) (b. 1750)
• 1971 –
  Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1981 –
  Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
• 1981 –
  Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)
• 1985 –
  Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1987 –
  Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
• 1998 –
  Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)
• 2005 –
  Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (b. 1931)