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, 1,727,827,200 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 ‘dihectaheptacontahexagon’ 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 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
- 1187 –Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
- 1535 –Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
- 1889 –In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
- 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.
- 1941 –World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
- 1958 –Guinea declares its independence from France.
- 1970 –A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
- 2001 –Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
- 2002 –The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
- 2007 –President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
Who were born on October 2?
- 1768 –William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854)
- 1901 –Alice Prin, French singer and artist (d. 1953)
- 1902 –Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (d. 1965)
- 1904 –Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
- 1948 –Avery Brooks, American actor
- 1949 –Richard Hell, American musician
- 1960 –Al Connelly, Canadian Musician/Songwriter
- 1962 –Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic drummer (The Sugarcubes)
- 1967 –Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
- 1973 –Lene Nystrøm Rasted, Norwegian singer (Aqua)
Who died on October 2?
- 1559 –Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
- 1746 –Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty
- 1971 –Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
- 1974 –Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929)
- 1981 –Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
- 1981 –Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)
- 1988 –Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
- 1996 –Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
- 2007 –Christopher Derrick, British writer (b. 1921)
- 2007 –Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
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