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October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
939 – Battle of Andernach: King Otto I crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.
1187 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1263 – The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
1470 – Richard Neville's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
1528 – William Tyndale, the renowned English Reformer and Bible translator published his famous work The Obedience of a Christian Man.
1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal is now located.
1552 – Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
1780 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
1789 – George Washington sends proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1814 – Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeats rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.
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.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Saltville: Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Josemaría Escrivá.
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.
1942 – World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland, killing 337 crewmen aboard the Curacoa.
1944 – World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1949 – The Soviet Union recognises the People's Republic of China, proclaimed the previous day by Mao Zedong.
1950 – Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.
1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.
1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1968 – Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics will start.
1970 – A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1990 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
1992 – Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil following a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.
1996 – A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the static ports of the aircraft causes Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, due to instrument failure.
1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1998 – The DreamWorks and PDI Movie, Antz came out.
2000 – The Rijndael algorithm was chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2006 – Five Amish girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
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.
2016 – Ethiopian protests: Violence breaks out during an Irreechaa festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.

Births

1452 – Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1498)
1527 – William Drury, English politician (d. 1579)
1538 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1584)
1589 – Muhammad Parviz, Mughal Empire emperor (d. 1626)
1644 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (d. 1724)
1704 – František T?ma, Czech organist and composer (d. 1774)
1718 – Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (d. 1800)
1727 – Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian entomologist and academic (d. 1806)
1768 – William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (d. 1854)
1798 – Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49) (d. 1849)
1800 – Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (d. 1831)
1815 – James Agnew, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1901)
1821 – Alexander P. Stewart, American general (d. 1908)
1824 – Henry C. Lord, American businessman (d. 1884)
1828 – Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896)
1832 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic (d. 1917)
1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, Polish-German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (d. 1934)
1851 – Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal and theorist (d. 1929)
1852 – William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
1854 – Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist (d. 1932)
1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (d. 1948)
1871 – Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1871 – Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (d. 1959)
1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
1873 – Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (d. 1963)
1879 – Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (d. 1955)
1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (d. 1945)
1883 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (d. 1950)
1883 – Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer (d. 1963)
1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1893 – Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (d. 1962)
1895 – Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (d. 1990)
1897 – Bud Abbott, American comedian (d. 1974)
1902 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (d. 1996)
1902 – Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)
1904 – Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
1905 – Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (d. 1981)
1906 – Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (d. 1971)
1906 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (d. 1992)
1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
1907 – Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1909 – Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (d. 1956)
1911 – Jack Finney, American author and playwright (d. 1995)
1912 – Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981)
1914 – Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (d. 1952)
1914 – Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (d. 1998)
1915 – Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams-Sonoma (d. 2015)
1917 – Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1917 – Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
1919 – John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
1919 – Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver and pilot (d. 1992)
1921 – Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (d. 1978)
1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (d. 2006)
1921 – Robert Runcie, English archbishop (d. 2000)
1925 – Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1926 – Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
1928 – George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (d. 2014)
1929 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (d. 1996)
1929 – Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993)
1930 – Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia (d. 2018)
1932 – Maury Wills, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1933 – John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Phill Niblock, American composer and director
1933 – Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (The Diamonds) (d. 2015)
1934 – Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, South African-English lawyer and judge
1934 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
1935 – Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1936 – Dick Barnett, American basketball player and educator
1936 – Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 20th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
1936 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (d. 2013)
1937 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (d. 2005)
1938 – Nick Gravenites, American singer–songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1938 – Rex Reed, American film critic
1939 – Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
1941 – Diana Hendry, English poet and author
1941 – Ron Meagher, American rock bass player (The Beau Brummels)
1942 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2012)
1943 – Anna Ford, English journalist and academic
1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, painter, and historian (d. 2009)
1943 – Henri Szeps, Australian actor
1944 – Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
1945 – Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
1946 – Peter Kellner, English journalist and author
1947 – Ward Churchill, American author and activist
1947 – Paul Jackson, English director and producer
1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
1948 – Avery Brooks, American actor and singer
1948 – Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
1948 – Siim Kallas, Estonian soldier and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia
1948 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (d. 1998)
1948 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor (d. 2005)
1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
1950 – Mike Rutherford, English guitarist and songwriter
1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
1952 – Jan Švejnar, Czech-American economist and politician
1953 – Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer
1953 – Muhammad Abdul Bari, Bangladeshi-English physicist and academic
1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer
1955 – Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1955 – Nancy Rothwell, English physiologist and academic
1956 – Peter Bruce, Scottish chemist and academic
1956 – Freddie Jackson, American soul singer
1956 – Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Russian-German cosmologist and physicist
1957 – John Cook, American golfer
1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer
1957 – Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 – Kate St John, English singer-songwriter and producer
1958 – Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959 – Luis Fernández, French footballer and manager
1960 – Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1960 – Django Bates, English pianist and composer
1960 – Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist
1960 – Joe Sacco, American journalist and cartoonist
1960 – Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (d. 2015)
1960 – Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach
1961 – Jaan Toomik, Estonian director and producer
1962 – James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player
1963 – Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer and accountant
1964 – Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
1965 – Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player and coach
1965 – Tom Moody, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1967 – Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
1967 – Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and academic
1967 – Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
1967 – Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Victoria Derbyshire, English journalist and radio host
1968 – Benjie Paras, Filipino basketball player and actor
1968 – Jeff Martin, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player and sportscaster
1968 – Glen Wesley, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter
1969 – Badly Drawn Boy, English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
1969 – Mitch English, American talk show host, comedian, weatherman
1970 – Eddie Guardado, American baseball player and coach
1970 – Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano and producer
1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress, producer, and talk show host
1970 – Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
1971 – Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter and actress
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