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What happend on 2. October in History
In our data base we found 298 events happened on 2. October:
• 534: Athalaric, Italian king (b. 516) [category: Deaths]
• 939: Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (b. 890) [category: Deaths]
• 1187: Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule. [category: Events]
• 1263: The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots. [category: Events]
• 1452: Richard III of England (d. 1485) [category: Births]
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• 1470: Isabella of Naples (d. 1524) [category: Births]
• 1470: A rebellion organised by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne. [category: Events]
• 1535: Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal, Quebec is located. [category: Events]
• 1538: Charles Borromeo, Italian archbishop and saint (d. 1584) [category: Births]
• 1552: Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. [category: Events]
• 1559: Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) [category: Deaths]
• 1626: Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
• 1629: Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584) [category: Deaths]
• 1629: Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal (b. 1575) [category: Deaths]
• 1644: François-Timoléon de Choisy, French author (d. 1724) [category: Births]
• 1704: František Tůma, Czech composer (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1708: Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (b. 1650) [category: Deaths]
• 1709: Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian military officer (b. 1639) [category: Deaths]
• 1722: Leopold Widhalm, Austrian violin maker (d. 1776) [category: Births]
• 1724: François-Timoléon de Choisy, French author (b. 1644) [category: Deaths]
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• 1737: Francis Hopkinson, American author and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1791) [category: Births]
• 1746: Josiah Burchett, English admiral (b. 1666) [category: Deaths]
• 1764: William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1775: Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703) [category: Deaths]
• 1780: John André, English army officer (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 1780: John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces. [category: Events]
• 1782: Charles Lee, English-American general (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification. [category: Events]
• 1798: Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1800: Nat Turner, American slave who led a slave rebellion (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1803: Samuel Adams, American politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera. [category: Events]
• 1817: Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian admiral (b. 1744) [category: Deaths]
• 1828: Charles Floquet, French politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1832: Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1833: William Corby, American priest (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1835: 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. [category: Events]
• 1847: Paul von Hindenburg, Prussian-German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1850: Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Ferdinand Foch, French soldier (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1852: William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1853: François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops. [category: Events]
• 1869: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian activist and philosopher (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1871: Cordell Hull, American politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1871: Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1873: Plum Warner, English cricketer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1873: Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1879: Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1882: Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1883: Karl von Terzaghi, Austrian-American engineer and geologist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1883: Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1889: In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West. [category: Events]
• 1890: Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1893: Leroy Shield, American composer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1895: Bud Abbott, American comedian and actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1895: Ruth Cheney Streeter, American military officer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1901: Alice Prin, French singer, actress, and painter (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1902: John G. Crommelin, American navy officer and white supremacist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1902: Leopold Figl, Austrian politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1904: Graham Greene, English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1904: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1907: Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1907: Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1911: Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1913: Karl Miller, German footballer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1914: Bernarr Rainbow, English historian and conductor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1914: John Whiteside Parsons, American scientist, author, and occultist (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1915: Chubby Wise, American fiddler (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1917: Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1917: Christian de Duve, English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1919: Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1919: John W. Duarte, English composer and guitarist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed. [category: Events]
• 1920: Albert Renaud, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1921: Robert Runcie, English archbishop (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1924: The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1925: Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1925: John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system. [category: Events]
• 1926: Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author [category: Births]
• 1927: Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1928: Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian [category: Births]
• 1928: The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. [category: Events]
• 1929: Cesare Maestri, Italian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1929: Howard Roberts, American guitarist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1929: Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1929: Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1930: Dave Barrett, Canadian politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia [category: Births]
• 1932: Maury Wills, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1933: Dave Somerville, Canadian singer and actor (The Diamonds) [category: Births]
• 1933: John Gurdon, English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1933: Michel Plasson, French conductor [category: Births]
• 1933: Phill Niblock, American composer and director [category: Births]
• 1934: Earl Wilson, American baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1935: Omar Sívori, Argentine footballer and manager (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1935: Peter Frankl, Hungarian-English pianist [category: Births]
• 1936: Dick Barnett, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1936: Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., Filipino politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1938: Rex Reed, American actor and critic [category: Births]
• 1938: Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor and director (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1938: Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player [category: Births]
• 1940: Pantelis Voulgaris, Greek director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1941: Zareh Baronian, Armenian theologian [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow. [category: Events]
• 1942: Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curaçao, off the coast of Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1943: Franklin Rosemont, American poet, painter, and historian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising. [category: Events]
• 1945: Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1946: Eric Peterson, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Jo-El Sonnier, American singer-songwriter and accordionist [category: Births]
• 1946: Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1946: Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai military officer and politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Avery Brooks, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and rodeo performer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1948: Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY [category: Births]
• 1948: Siim Kallas, Estonian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia [category: Births]
• 1948: Trevor Brooking, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Annie Leibovitz, American photographer [category: Births]
• 1949: Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Television, Neon Boys, The Heartbreakers, and Dim Stars) [category: Births]
• 1950: Ian McNeice, English actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Mike Rutherford, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics) [category: Births]
• 1950: Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1950: Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published [category: Events]
• 1951: Romina Power, American-Italian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (The Police) [category: Births]
• 1952: Jan Švejnar, Czech-American economist and politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Robin Riker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Wahed Wafa, Afghan-American singer [category: Births]
• 1953: Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer [category: Births]
• 1954: Lorraine Bracco, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter and producer (The Human League) [category: Births]
• 1955: William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Charlie Adler, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Freddie Jackson, American singer [category: Births]
• 1957: Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Victims, The Manikins, and Hoodoo Gurus) [category: Births]
• 1957: Kate St John, English singer-songwriter and producer (The Dream Academy) [category: Births]
• 1957: Wade Dooley, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1958: Wayne Toups, Cajun singer-songwriter and accordionist [category: Births]
• 1958: Guinea declares its independence from France. [category: Events]
• 1959: The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television. [category: Events]
• 1960: Al Connelly, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Glass Tiger) [category: Births]
• 1960: Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1960: Django Bates, English composer and musician [category: Births]
• 1960: Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1960: Lothar Schlapp, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1961: Jaan Toomik, Estonian artist and filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1962: Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian actor and director [category: Births]
• 1962: El Dandy, Mexican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1962: James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1962: Jeff Bennett, American voice actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1962: Mark Rypien, American football player [category: Births]
• 1962: Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic singer and drummer (The Sugarcubes, Þeyr, KUKL, Reptile Palace Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1962: Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1964: Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean Civil War leader (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1966: Yokozuna, American wrestler (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1967: Bud Gaugh, American drummer (Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Eyes Adrift, Volcano, and Sublime with Rome) [category: Births]
• 1967: Frankie Fredericks, Namibian runner [category: Births]
• 1967: Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1967: Lew Temple, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court. [category: Events]
• 1968: Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1968: Jeff Martin, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Tea Party and Jeff Martin 777) [category: Births]
• 1968: Kelly Willis, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Victoria Derbyshire, English journalist and radio host [category: Births]
• 1968: Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculpture (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre. [category: Events]
• 1969: Badly Drawn Boy, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: Jun Akiyama, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1969: Mitch English, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Eddie Guardado, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Kelly Ripa, American actress, talk show host, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano [category: Births]
• 1970: A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people. [category: Events]
• 1971: Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter (Slipknot and Stone Sour) [category: Births]
• 1971: Tiffany, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Aaron McKie, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Tara Dawn Holland, American model Miss America 1997 [category: Births]
• 1973: Efren Ramirez, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer-songwriter and actress (Aqua) [category: Births]
• 1973: Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1973: Melissa Harris-Perry, American author and television host [category: Births]
• 1973: Proof, American rapper and actor (D12) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1973: Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian entertainer [category: Births]
• 1973: Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Paul Hartman, American actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1974: Brian Knight, American baseball umpire [category: Births]
• 1974: Kevin Van De Wege, American firefighter and politician [category: Births]
• 1974: Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1974: Michelle Krusiec, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Paul Teutul, Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers [category: Births]
• 1974: Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1974: Simon Gregson, English actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1975: Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper [category: Births]
• 1975: Michel Trudeau, Canadian son of Pierre Trudeau (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1975: K. Kamaraj, Indian politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1976: John Thornton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Mandisa, American singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Arta Dobroshi, Albanian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Sounds) [category: Births]
• 1979: Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Shane Andrus, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Santi Kolk, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer and actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Amber Lee Ettinger, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1982: George Pettit, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Alexisonfire and Black Lungs) [category: Births]
• 1982: Tyson Chandler, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Marion Bartoli, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1985: Brandon Jackson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Buster Davis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Camilla Belle, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Bojana Bobusic, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Joel Reinders, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Dean Bouzanis, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Samantha Barks, Irish-English singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128. [category: Events]
• 1991: Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1993: Aaro Vainio, Finnish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1994: Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Robert Bourassa, Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70. [category: Events]
• 1996: The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. [category: Events]
• 1998: Gene Autry, American singer and actor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11. [category: Events]
• 2002: Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks. [category: Events]
• 2003: John Thomas Dunlop, American administrator and scholar (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bert Eriksson, Belgian activist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people. [category: Events]
• 2006: Charles Carl Roberts, American murderer (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2007: Christopher Derrick, English author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Dan Keating, Irish politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Rob Guest, English-Australian actor and singer (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean wife of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Peter L. Benson, American psychologist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Big Jim Sullivan, English guitarist (James Last Orchestra) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: J. Philippe Rushton, Canadian academic and theorist (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mohammed Mushaima, Bahraini activist (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnamese poet (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• _: Batik Day (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Guardian Angels [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gandhi Jayanti (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gandhi's birthday-related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day of Non-Violence (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Leodegar [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mehregan, according to Iranian civil calendar. (Iran) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]