October 2

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 2. From 1900 until now. October 2 is under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include Mahatma Gandhi (1869), Sting (musician) (1951) and Romina Power (1951). Several movies were released around October 2 over the years, such as Ikiru in 1952 directed by Akira Kurosawa and Blade Runner 2049 in 2017 directed by Denis Villeneuve.
But much more happened on October 2 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Roman Catholic Church - Memorial of Guardian Angels
World Farm Animal Day
Roman festivals - First day of the Ludi Augustales to celebrate the recovery by emperor August of Roman standards from the Parthians
Also see October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Guinea - Independence Day (from France, 1958)
French Republican Calendar - Pomme de terre (Potato) Day, eleventh day in the Month of VendTmiaire
India - Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869)
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Events

2018 War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Afghan parliamentary election, 2018: A suicide bomber kills 13 people and injures more than 30 others at an election rally in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. (BBC)
2017 The Luxor Hotel is placed on lockdown due to a bomb threat. (Express)
2016 Libyan Civil War (2014–present): An ISIL sniper in Sirte, Libya, shoots dead Dutch photographer and war correspondent Jeroen Oerlemans. (The Independent)
2015 Syrian Civil War, Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War: The Russian Government says Russian jets bombed Syria for the third consecutive day, hitting 12 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that ISIL has no presence in the western and northern areas struck though Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate al-Nusra Front does. Russian planes also bombed Raqqah, the unofficial capital of ISIL. (Daily Mail)
2014 2014 Gorni Lom explosions:
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: Gunmen shoot down a military helicopter in northern Iraq killing all four crew members. (Reuters)
2012 Gunmen kill at least twenty students at a hostel away from the Federal Polytechnic campus in the northeastern Nigerian town of Mubi. (BBC)
2011 In horseracing, Danedream wins the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with speed record 2:24.49, becoming the second German horse winner since 1975. (BBC)
2010 A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while on patrol in Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province in Afghanistan. (York Press via AP) (Google via AP)
2009 Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a second referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon. (''The Vancouver Sun'')
2008 The U.S. Senate votes 74-to-25 to endorse a revised US$700 billion bank bailout plan. It involves the Treasury buying bad loans from institutions. The plan, rejected by the House earlier, was revised to include a tax cut and extended federal protection for bank deposits.
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.
2006 Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk-truck driver, kills five female students at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before shooting himself.
2005 A shipwreck in Lake George, New York kills 20 people.
2004 American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
2003 North Korea claims to ampquothave already processedampquot 8,000 fuel rods from its Yongbyon nuclear reactor north of Pyongyang and is using the plutonium extracted during the process to make atomic bombs to boost its nuclear capabilities for nuclear deterrent force. Citing a ampquothostile policyampquot by the United States, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon states this is a means to safeguard the country's territory.
2002 The Congress of the United States passes a joint resolution, which explicitly authorizes the President to use the United States Armed Forces as he deems necessary and appropriate, against Iraq.
2001 NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.
1998 Antz, the first feature film made by DreamWorks, is released.
1997 One million men gather for Promise Keepers' ampquotStand in the Gapampquot event in Washington, DC.
1996 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win
1995 Moon Over Buffalo opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 308 performances
1994 Show Boat, opens at Gershwin Theater, New York City
1993 Spike Lee weds Tonya Lewis
1992 VP Itamar Franco becomes President of Brazil
1991 Eric Lindros, refused to sign with Quebec Nordiques
1990 Michael Feinstein in Concert - opens at Golden NYC for 30 performances
1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea
1986 Failed assassination attempt on India Premier Rajiv Gandhi
1985 Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris
1984 In 1st LCS game played with replacement umps, Cubs cbeat Padres 13-0
1983 Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions
1982 Bomb attack in Teheran, kills 60, injures 700
1980 Larry Holmes retains WBC heavweight title defeating Muhammad Ali.
1978 Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed
1977 Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters
1976 Let My People Come closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 106 performances
1975 A blast at an explosives factory kills 6 in Beloeil, Quebec.
1972 From Israel with Love opens at Palace Theater NYC for 8 performances
1971 Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race.
1970 Plane carrying Wichita State University football team crashes killing 30.
1969 Seattle Pilots play last game in Seattle, Washington, defeated by the Oakland Athletics' 3-1 for their 98th loss of year. The American League's newest franchise attracts only 677, 944 fans for the season and will play in Milwaukee as the Brewers next season.
1968 1st London performance of Promises Promises presented
1967 Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents
1966 LA Dodgers Sandy Koufax clinches 3rd LA pennant in 4 years
1965 Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant
1964 The Kinks release their first album, ''The Kinks''.
1963 W German Chancellor Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to USSR
1962 San Francisco and Los Angeles play a 4-hour, 18-minute nine-inning game.
1961 Ben Casey premieres on NBC-TV
1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
1959 The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day)
1957 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
1956 First atomic power clock exhibited-New York City.
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents premieres
1954 8th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Detroit 2-2 at Detroit
1953 Comedy in Music (Victor Borge) opens at John Golden NYC for 849 performances
1951 1st Netherlands TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)
1950 Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
1947 Music in My Heart opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances
1946 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont
1945 George Albert Smith becomes president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1944 Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people
1943 Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island
1942 Queen Mary slices cruiser Curacao in half, killing 338
1941 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo
1940 17 German aircrafts shot down above England
1939 Birdbaths installed in Union Square, San Francisco
1938 Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)
1937 FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State
1936 New York Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4
1935 New York Hayden Planetarium, the fourth in the US, opens.
1934 A tornado in Osaka and Kyoto kills 1,660, injures 5,400, and destroys the rice harvest.
1932 Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play 1st NFL game, lose 14-0
1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical "On the economic crisis".
1928 The ''Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God'', commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaria Escriva.
1926 Bert Gibb of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a NFL football game.
1925 John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
1924 The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
1923 British occuping army leaves Constantinople
1921 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR
1920 Only tripleheader of century (Reds win 13-4, 7-3 then Pirates win 6-0)
1919 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1916 San Diego Zoo founded
1910 Henry Wijnmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record)
1909 1st rugby match (Twickenham)
1908 Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row.
1906 Tommy Burns KOs Jim Burns in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1905 HMS ''Dreadnought'' is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
1901 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow
1900 Belgian crown Prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern
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