What happened this day in history October 2

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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