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 275th 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, 1,759,363,200 seconds 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.
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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 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.
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October 2 Historical Events
- 1187 –Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1990 –Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
- 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.
Who were born on October 2?
- 1832 –Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)
- 1852 –Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
- 1879 –Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
- 1882 –Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945)
- 1902 –John G. Crommelin, American naval officer and white supremacist figure (d. 1996)
- 1928 –George “Spanky” McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1948 –Siim Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1952 –Jan Svejnar, Czech politician
- 1980 –Shane Andrus, American football player
- 1982 –Amber Lee Ettinger, American actress
Who died on October 2?
- 939 –Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
- 1709 –Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1639)
- 1775 –Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
- 1786 –Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1725)
- 1920 –Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
- 1974 –Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929)
- 1981 –Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
- 1988 –Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
- 1998 –Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
- 2006 –Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
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