October 2 in history
Events on October 2
Notable events that happened on October 2 in past years.
- 2025
2 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur.
Wikipedia article: 2025 Manchester synagogue attack - 2016
Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
Wikipedia article: 2014–2016 Oromo protests - 2006
Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
Wikipedia article: West Nickel Mines School shooting - 1996
Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
Wikipedia article: Aeroperú Flight 603 - 1990
Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132.
Wikipedia article: 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions - 1971
British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.
Wikipedia article: British European Airways Flight 706 - 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 article: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz - 1944
World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
Wikipedia article: Warsaw Uprising - 1928
The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
Wikipedia article: Opus Dei - 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 article: Stroke - 1835
Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Gonzales - 1766
The Nottingham Cheese Riot breaks out at the Goose Fair in Nottingham, UK, in response to the excessive cost of cheese.
Wikipedia article: Nottingham cheese riot - 1263
The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Largs - 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.
- 48 BC
Julius Caesar arrives in Ptolemaic Egypt in his pursuit of Pompey and learns of the latter's death.
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