October 2 Events |
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| October 2nd, 2007 (October 02 2007) | Event | 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. | |
| October 2nd, 2006 (October 02 2006) | Event | Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide. | |
| October 2nd, 2005 (October 02 2005) | Event | Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people. | Allen Tate Quotes |
| October 2nd, 2005 (October 02 2005) | Event | NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico | |
| October 2nd, 2004 (October 02 2004) | Event | American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan. | |
| October 2nd, 2002 (October 02 2002) | Event | The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks. | |
| October 2nd, 2001 (October 02 2001) | Event | The NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11. | |
| October 2nd, 1996 (October 02 1996) | Event | The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| October 2nd, 1996 (October 02 1996) | Event | An AeroPeru Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70. | |
| October 2nd, 1992 (October 02 1992) | Event | The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | |
| October 2nd, 1990 (October 02 1990) | Event | A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people. | |
| October 2nd, 1970 (October 02 1970) | Event | A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people. | |
| October 2nd, 1968 (October 02 1968) | Event | A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre. | |
| October 2nd, 1967 (October 02 1967) | Event | Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court. | |
| October 2nd, 1958 (October 02 1958) | Event | Guinea declares itself independent from France. | |
| October 2nd, 1950 (October 02 1950) | Event | Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz first published | Charles M. Schulz Quotes |
| October 2nd, 1944 (October 02 1944) | Event | World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising. | |
| October 2nd, 1941 (October 02 1941) | Event | World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow. | |
| October 2nd, 1938 (October 02 1938) | Event | Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews. | |
| October 2nd, 1937 (October 02 1937) | Event | Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person in the United States to be arrested on a marijuana charge. | |
| October 2nd, 1935 (October 02 1935) | Event | Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia). | |
| October 2nd, 1928 (October 02 1928) | Event | The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaria Escriva. | |
| October 2nd, 1925 (October 02 1925) | Event | John Logie Baird performers first test of the working television system. | |
| October 2nd, 1924 (October 02 1924) | Event | The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations. | |
| October 2nd, 1919 (October 02 1919) | Event | US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed. | |
| October 2nd, 1889 (October 02 1889) | Event | In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West. | |
| October 2nd, 1864 (October 02 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of SaltvilleUnion forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops. | |
| October 2nd, 1851 (October 02 1851) | Event | The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake. | |
| October 2nd, 1835 (October 02 1835) | Event | The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia. | |
| October 2nd, 1789 (October 02 1789) | Event | George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification. | George Washington Quotes |
| October 2nd, 1780 (October 02 1780) | Event | John Andre, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces. | |
| October 2nd, 1552 (October 02 1552) | Event | Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. | |
| October 2nd, 1535 (October 02 1535) | Event | Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec. | |
| October 2nd, 1263 (October 02 1263) | Event | The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots. | |
| October 2nd, 1187 (October 02 1187) | Event | Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule. | |
