October 2
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October 2 this year
in various calendars |
| Akan |
Fofie |
| Armenian |
14 Sahmi 1476 |
| Aztec |
Nēmontēmi 5, 6 Ācatl |
| Babylonian |
19 Ululu, 2337 SE |
| Balinese pawukon |
Luang, Pepet, Pasah, Jaya, Paing, Tungleh, Sukra of Ugu, Guru, Urungan, Manuh |
| Bengali |
17 Ashshin, BS 1433 |
| Chinese |
Yin Earth Rooster・Bond Mansion
Fire Horse Year, Month 8, Day 22
(Qiufen, 6 days until Hanlu) |
| Common Era |
2 October 2026 CE |
| Coptic |
22 Thout, AM 1743 |
| Egyptian |
19 Mechir, 2775 NE |
| Ethiopian |
22 Maskaram, 2019 Amätä Məhrät |
| French Republican |
Décade I, Décadi de Vendémiaire de l'Année 235 de la République |
| Gregorian |
2 October, AD 2026 |
| Hebrew |
21 Tishrei, AM 5787 |
| Hindu |
Rohiṇi・Siddhi
Solar: 16 Āśvina, 1948 SE
Lunisolar: Ṣaṣṭhī, Kṛishna pakṣa of Bhādrapada, 2083 VE
Rāudra・5127 KY・1,872,850 |
| Icelandic |
Föstudagur, 9 Haustmánuđur 2026 |
| Islamic |
19 Rabi' al-thani, AH 1448
(using tabular method) |
| ISO week date |
2026-W40-5 |
| Japanese |
22 Hazuki, Reiwa 8
(Shūbun, 6 days until Kanro) |
| Julian |
19 September, AD 2026 (AM 7534) |
| Julian day |
2461316 |
| Korean |
22 Dakdal, 4359 DE |
| Maya |
13.0.13.17.13
6 Yax, 6 Ben |
| Roman |
ante diem XIII Kalendas Octobres, MMDCCLXXIX AUC |
| Solar Hijri |
10 Mehr, SH 1405 |
| Tibetan |
21 khrums, me pho rta
2153 or 1772 or 1000 |
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October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 90 days remain until the end of the year.
- 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.[16]
- 1920 – Ukrainian War of Independence: Mikhail Frunze orders the Red Army to immediately cease hostilities with the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.[17]
- 1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.[18][19]
- 1937 – Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the border region of the Dominican Republic.[20]
- 1942 – World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa.[21]
- 1944 – World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.[22]
- 1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.[23]
- 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.[23]
- 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.[24]
- 1970 – An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.[25]
- 1971 – South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.[26]
- 1971 – British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.[27]
- 1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.[28]
- 1990 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132.[29]
- 1992 – Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in Săo Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.[30]
- 1996 – Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.[31]
- 1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.[32]
- 2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.[33]
- 2004 – The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.[34]
- 2006 – Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.[35]
- 2007 – President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.[36]
- 2016 – Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.[37]
- 2018 – The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.[38]
- 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.[39]
- 2025 – 2 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur.[40]
- 1718 – Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (died 1800)[45]
- 1768 – William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (died 1854)[46]
- 1798 – Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831–49) (died 1849)[47]
- 1800 – Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (died 1831)[48]
- 1815 – James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (died 1901)[49]
- 1821 – Alexander P. Stewart, American general (died 1908)[50]
- 1828 – Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1896)[51]
- 1832 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (died 1917)[52]
- 1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (died 1934)[53]
- 1851 – Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (died 1929)[54]
- 1852 – William Ramsay, Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)[55]
- 1854 – Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist (died 1932)[56]
- 1866 – Swami Abhedananda, Indian mystic and philosopher (died 1939)[57]
- 1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (died 1948)[23]
- 1871 – Cordell Hull, American politician, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)[23]
- 1871 – Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (died 1959)[58]
- 1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (died 1924)[59]
- 1873 – Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (died 1963)[60]
- 1875 – Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist (died 1935)[61]
- 1879 – Wallace Stevens, American poet (died 1955)[62]
- 1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (died 1945)[63]
- 1883 – Karl von Terzaghi, Austrian geologist and engineer (died 1963)[64]
- 1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (died 1977)[23]
- 1893 – Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (died 1962)[65]
- 1895 – Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (died 1990)[66]
- 1897 – Bud Abbott, American comedian, actor, and producer. (died 1974)[67]
- 1900 – Leela Roy Nag, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and politician (died 1970)[68]
- 1902 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician, Chancellor of Austria (died 1965)[69]
- 1904 – Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (died 1991)[23]
- 1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian and politician, Prime Minister of India (died 1966)[70]
- 1905 – Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (died 1981)[71]
- 1906 – Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (died 1971)[72]
- 1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (died 2001)[73]
- 1907 – Alexander R. Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)[74]
- 1909 – Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (died 1956)[75]
- 1912 – Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (died 1981)[76]
- 1914 – Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (died 1952)[77]
- 1914 – Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (died 1998)[78]
- 1915 – Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma (died 2015)[79]
- 1917 – Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)[80]
- 1917 – Charles Drake, American actor (died 1994)[81]
- 1919 – John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (died 2004)[82]
- 1921 – Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (died 1978)[83]
- 1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (died 2006)[84]
- 1921 – Robert Runcie, English archbishop (died 2000)[85]
- 1925 – Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2013)[86]
- 1926 – Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author (died 2020)[87]
- 1928 – George McFarland, American actor (died 1993)[88]
- 1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (died 2014)[89][90]
- 1929 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (died 1996)[91]
- 1929 – Moses Gunn, American actor (died 1993)[23]
- 1930 – Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia (died 2018)[92]
- 1932 – Maury Wills, American baseball player and manager (died 2022)[93]
- 1933 – John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)[94]
- 1933 – Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (died 2015)[95]
- 1934 – Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, English lawyer and judge[96]
- 1934 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player (died 2005)[97]
- 1935 – Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer and manager (died 2005)[98]
- 1936 – Dick Barnett, American basketball player (died 2025)[99]
- 1936 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (died 2013)[100]
- 1936 – Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (died 2019)[101]
- 1937 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (died 2005)[102]
- 1938 – Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)[103]
- 1938 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1983)[104]
- 1938 – Rex Reed, American film critic (died 2026)[105]
- 1939 – Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (died 2006)[106]
- 1941 – Diana Hendry, English poet and author[107]
- 1941 – Ron Meagher, American rock bass player[108]
- 1942 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2012)[109]
- 1943 – Anna Ford, English journalist[110]
- 1943 – Henri Szeps, Australian actor (died 2025)[111]
- 1944 – Vernor Vinge, American author (died 2024)[112]
- 1945 – Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic[113]
- 1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter[114]
- 1946 – Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician[115]
- 1947 – Ward Churchill, American author and activist (died 2026)[116]
- 1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager[117]
- 1948 – Avery Brooks, American actor[118]
- 1948 – Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY[119]
- 1948 – Siim Kallas, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (died 2026)[120][121]
- 1948 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, (died 1998)[122]
- 1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player[123]
- 1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer[114]
- 1950 – Mike Rutherford, English guitarist[124]
- 1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter and actor[114]
- 1952 – Janusz Olejniczak, Polish classical pianist and actor (died 2024)[125]
- 1952 – Robin Riker, American actress[126]
- 1953 – Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer[127]
- 1953 – Tom Boswell, American basketball player[128]
- 1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress[126]
- 1955 – Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer[129]
- 1956 – Freddie Jackson, American soul singer[130]
- 1957 – John Cook, American golfer[131]
- 1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby player[132]
- 1958 – Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter[126]
- 1960 – Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player[133]
- 1960 – Django Bates, English musician and composer[134]
- 1960 – Joe Sacco, Maltese-American journalist and cartoonist[135]
- 1960 – Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach[136]
- 1962 – Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player[137]
- 1963 – Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer[138]
- 1963 – Maria Ressa, Filipino-American journalist[139]
- 1964 – Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player[140]
- 1965 – Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player[141]
- 1965 – Tom Moody, Australian cricketer[142]
- 1965 – Ferhan and Ferzan Önder, Turkish-Austrian pianists[143][144]
- 1966 – Yokozuna, American wrestler (died 2000)[145]
- 1967 – Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter[146]
- 1967 – Alex Karp, American businessman[147]
- 1967 – Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player[148]
- 1967 – Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[149]
- 1968 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player and sportscaster (died 2017)[150]
- 1968 – Joey Slotnick, American actor[126]
- 1968 – Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player[151]
- 1968 – Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter[152]
- 1969 – Badly Drawn Boy, English musician[153]
- 1970 – Eddie Guardado, American baseball player[154]
- 1970 – Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano[155]
- 1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk show host[114]
- 1970 – Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress[156]
- 1971 – Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter[157]
- 1971 – Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter[158]
- 1971 – Chris Savino, American comic book artist, writer, animator and creator of The Loud House[159]
- 1972 – Aaron McKie, American basketball player[160]
- 1973 – Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator[161]
- 1973 – Lene Nystrřm, Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician[126]
- 1973 – Efren Ramirez, American actor[126]
- 1973 – Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player[162]
- 1974 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect[163]
- 1974 – Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician[164]
- 1974 – Paul Teutul Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers[114]
- 1976 – Mark Chilton, English cricketer[165]
- 1977 – Didier Défago, Swiss skier[166]
- 1978 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer, songwriter, actress[167]
- 1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer[168]
- 1982 – Tyson Chandler, American basketball player[169]
- 1982 – Esra Gümüş, Turkish volleyball player[170]
- 1984 – Marion Bartoli, French tennis player[171]
- 1985 – Çağlar Birinci, Turkish footballer[172]
- 1986 – Camilla Belle, American actress[173]
- 1987 – Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player[174]
- 1987 – Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player[175]
- 1987 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr., American race car driver[176]
- 1988 – Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[177]
- 1989 – Frederik Andersen, Danish ice hockey player[178]
- 1989 – Josh Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player[179]
- 1989 – Aaron Hicks, American baseball player[180]
- 1989 – George Nash, English rower[181]
- 1990 – Samantha Barks, Manx actress and singer[126]
- 1991 – Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer[182]
- 1992 – Alisson Becker, Brazilian footballer[183]
- 1992 – Shane Larkin, American-Turkish basketball player[184]
- 1992 – Nicol Ruprecht, Austrian rhythmic gymnast[185]
- 1993 – Lance McCullers Jr., American baseball player[186]
- 1995 – Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player[187]
- 1996 – Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player[188]
- 2000 – Quadeca, American singer-songwriter and YouTuber[189]
- 2002 – Jacob Sartorius, American social media personality and singer[190]
- 2005 – Sam Konstas, Australian cricketer[191]
- 1626 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuńa, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (born 1567)[196]
- 1629 – Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (born 1584)[197]
- 1629 – Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian (born 1575)[198]
- 1674 – George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen, officer in the Dutch Army (born 1606)[199]
- 1678 – Wu Sangui, Qing Chinese general (born 1612)[200]
- 1708 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (born 1650)[201]
- 1709 – Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (born 1639)[202]
- 1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (born 1644)[203]
- 1746 – Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (born 1666)[204]
- 1764 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1720)[205]
- 1780 – John André, English soldier (born 1750)[11]
- 1782 – Charles Lee, English-born American general (born 1732)[206]
- 1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (born 1725)[207]
- 1803 – Samuel Adams, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (born 1722)[208]
- 1804 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (born 1725)[209]
- 1847 – Vasil Aprilov, Bulgarian educator, merchant and writer (born 1789)[210]
- 1850 – Sarah Biffen, English painter (born 1784)[211]
- 1853 – François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (born 1786)[212]
- 1920 – Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (born 1838)[213]
- 1927 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)[214]
- 1938 – Alexandru Averescu, Romanian military leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1859)[215]
- 1943 – John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (born 1855)[216]
- 1953 – John Marin, American painter (born 1870)[217]
- 1953 – Émilie Busquant, French anarcho-syndicalist, sewed the first Flag of Algeria (born 1901)[218]
- 1955 – William R. Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1881)[219]
- 1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (born 1887)[220]
- 1971 – Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (born 1883)[221]
- 1973 – Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (born 1904)[222]
- 1973 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (born 1897)[223]
- 1974 – Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)[224]
- 1975 – K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1903)[225]
- 1981 – Harry Golden, American journalist and author (born 1902)[226]
- 1981 – Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (born 1920)[227]
- 1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor (born 1925)[228]
- 1987 – Madeleine Carroll, English actress (born 1906)[229]
- 1987 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)[230]
- 1988 – Alec Issigonis, English car designer, designed the Mini (born 1906)[231]
- 1988 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd vice president of Indonesia (born 1912)[232]
- 1991 – Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (born 1921)[233]
- 1991 – Demetrios I of Constantinople (born 1914)[234]
- 1996 – Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (born 1933)[235]
- 1996 – Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (born 1938)[236]
- 1998 – Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and guitarist (born 1907)[237]
- 1999 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (born 1921)[238]
- 2000 – David Tonkin, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (born 1929)[239]
- 2001 – Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (born 1906)[240]
- 2002 – Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (born 1911)[241]
- 2003 – John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, United States Secretary of Labor (born 1914)[242]
- 2005 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (born 1918)[243]
- 2005 – August Wilson, American author and playwright (born 1945)[244]
- 2006 – Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (born 1938)[245]
- 2006 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (born 1916)[246]
- 2007 – Tex Coulter, American football player (born 1924)[247][248]
- 2007 – George Grizzard, American actor (born 1928)[249]
- 2007 – Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (born 1902)[250]
- 2010 – Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (born 1920)[251]
- 2012 – Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (born 1939)[252]
- 2012 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (born 1933)[253]
- 2012 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (born 1943)[254]
- 2013 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (born 1918)[255]
- 2014 – Robert Flower, Australian footballer (born 1955)[256]
- 2015 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (born 1929)[257]
- 2015 – Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (born 1914)[258]
- 2015 – Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1923)[259]
- 2016 – Neville Marriner, British conductor (born 1924)[260]
- 2017 – Tom Petty, American musician (born 1950)[261]
- 2018 – Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (born 1958)[262]
- 2020 – Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (born 1957)[263]
- 2021 – Jack Biondolillo, American bowler (born 1940)[264]
- 2022 – Sacheen Littlefeather, American actress, model and activist for Native American civil rights (born 1946)[265]
- 2023 – Francis Lee, English footballer (born 1944)[266]
- 2024 – Susie Berning, American professional golfer (born 1941)[267]
- 2024 – Marissa Haque, Indonesian politician (born 1962)[268]
Holidays and observances
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