# What happened on October 2 in history?

**Date:** October 2  
**Events recorded:** 37  
**Years spanned:** 829 – 2025  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/october/2/

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## Featured Event

**2019** — A privately owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress)

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## Events on this date

- **829** — Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilos_(emperor)))
- **939** — Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Andernach_(939)))
- **1187** — Saladin won Jerusalem after the city surrendered to his forces following a prolonged siege. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin))
- **1263** — The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Largs))
- **1470** — The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neville%2C_16th_Earl_of_Warwick))
- **1552** — Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kazan))
- **1766** — The Nottingham Cheese Riot breaks out at the Goose Fair in Nottingham, UK, in response to the excessive cost of cheese. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_cheese_riot))
- **1780** — American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War))
- **1789** — The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights))
- **1835** — Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gonzales))
- **1864** — American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1870** — By plebiscite, the citizens of the Papal States accept annexation by the Kingdom of Italy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum))
- **1919** — Seven days after suffering a "physical collapse" following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson has a catastrophic stroke at the White House, leaving him physically and mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke))
- **1920** — Ukrainian War of Independence: Mikhail Frunze orders the Red Army to immediately cease hostilities with the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence))
- **1928** — The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Dei))
- **1937** — Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the border region of the Dominican Republic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo))
- **1942** — World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1944** — World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising))
- **1958** — Guinea declares its independence from France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea))
- **1967** — Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall))
- **1968** — Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_D%C3%ADaz_Ordaz))
- **1970** — An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_State_University_football_team_plane_crash))
- **1971** — South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Thi%E1%BB%87u))
- **1971** — British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_706))
- **1980** — Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Myers_(Pennsylvania_politician)))
- **1990** — Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Guangzhou_Baiyun_airport_collisions))
- **1992** — Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carandiru_massacre))
- **1996** — Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroper%C3%BA_Flight_603))
- **1996** — The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)))
- **2002** — The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks))
- **2004** — The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkrun))
- **2006** — Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Nickel_Mines_School_shooting))
- **2007** — President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun))
- **2016** — Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%932016_Oromo_protests))
- **2018** — The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post))
- **2019** — A privately owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress))
- **2025** — 2 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Manchester_synagogue_attack))

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## Notable births on October 2

- **2005** — **Sam Konstas** — Australian cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Konstas))
- **2002** — **Jacob Sartorius** — American social media personality and singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Sartorius))
- **2000** — **Quadeca** — American singer-songwriter and YouTuber ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadeca))
- **1996** — **Tom Trbojevic** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Trbojevic))
- **1995** — **Tepai Moeroa** — Cook Islands rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepai_Moeroa))
- **1993** — **Lance McCullers Jr.** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_McCullers_Jr.))
- **1992** — **Alisson Becker** — Brazilian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisson_Becker))
- **1992** — **Shane Larkin** — American-Turkish basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Larkin))
- **1992** — **Nicol Ruprecht** — Austrian rhythmic gymnast ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol_Ruprecht))
- **1991** — **Roberto Firmino** — Brazilian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Firmino))

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## Notable deaths on October 2

- **2024** — **Susie Berning** — American professional golfer (born 1941) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susie_Berning))
- **2024** — **Marissa Haque** — Indonesian politician (born 1962) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Haque))
- **2023** — **Francis Lee** — English footballer (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lee_(footballer)))
- **2022** — **Sacheen Littlefeather** — American actress, model and activist for Native American civil rights (born 1946) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacheen_Littlefeather))
- **2021** — **Jack Biondolillo** — American bowler (born 1940) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Biondolillo))
- **2020** — **Anne-Marie Hutchinson** — British lawyer (born 1957) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Marie_Hutchinson))
- **2018** — **Jamal Khashoggi** — Saudi journalist (born 1958) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi))
- **2017** — **Tom Petty** — American musician (born 1950) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty))
- **2016** — **Neville Marriner** — British conductor (born 1924) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Marriner))
- **2015** — **Brian Friel** — Irish author, playwright, and director (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Friel))

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