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October 2 leap years ) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 90 days remaining.
Events
1187 - Siege of Jerusalem : Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec .1780 - American Revolutionary War : British spy John Andre is hanged by American forces for his role in Benedict Arnold's p sell West Point to the British Army .1789 - George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (the so called "Bill of Rights") to the States for ratification.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.1836 - Naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth , England aboard the HMS Beagle after a five-year journey collecting biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution .1864 - American Civil War : Battle of Saltville - Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia , but are defeated by Confederate troops.1872 - On this day, Phileas Fogg sets off on his round world trip to return on December 21st or lose £20,000 in the book "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne1889 - In Colorado , Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American old west.1889 - In Washington, DC , the first international Conference of American States begins.
1919 - US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed .1924 - The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations .1928 - The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei , was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá .1935 - Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia ).1941 - World War II : In Operation Typhoon , Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow .1944 - World War II : Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising .1950 - The comic strip Peanuts Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven US newspapers.1951 - Gordon Matthew Sumner (Sting) of the band The Police is born.1955 - The ENIAC computer is deactivated at 11:45 PM.1955 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts (last new episode aired on June 26 , 1962 ).
1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France .1959 - The Twilight Zone pilot premieres.1962 - Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show .1967 - Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court .1968 - A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre .1978 - Baseball : Bucky Dent hits a home run for the New York Yankees to defeat the Boston Red Sox in a one-game play off at Fenway Park. The home run was Dent's 5th of the season.
1990 - A Chinese airline Boeing 737 47 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 1321992 - The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru prison system in São Paulo , Brazil .1996 - The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton .1996 - An AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru killing 70.
1996 - Lance Armstrong is diagnosed with testicular cancer that spreads to his liver, lungs, and brain.
2000 - The science fiction TV-series Andromeda premiered, it ended on May 13 , 2005 .2001 - Bankruptcy of Swissair .2001 - First palindromic MM-DD-YYYY date since August 31 , 1380 .2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan .2005 - The Ethan Allen tour boat capsized on Lake George in Upstate New York , killing twenty-one people.
Births
1452 - King Richard III of England (d. 1485 )1539 - Saint Charles Borromeo , Italian cardinal (d. 1584 )1644 - François-Timoléon de Choisy , French writer (d. 1724 )1737 - Francis Hopkinson , American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1791 )1768 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford , British general and politician (d. 1854 )1798 - King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849 )1800 - Nat Turner , American leader of slave uprising (d. 1831 )1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor , English anthropologist (d. 1917 )1847 - Paul von Hindenburg , German officer and politician (d. 1934 )1851 - Ferdinand Foch , French soldier (d. 1929 )1852 - William Ramsay , Scottish chemist (d. 1916 )1869 - Mahatma Gandhi , Indian political leader, Father of the Nation (d. 1948 )1871 - Cordell Hull , United States Secretary of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955 )1879 - Wallace Stevens , American poet (d. 1955 )1882 - Boris Shaposhnikov , Russian military commander (d. 1945 )1890 - Groucho Marx , American comedian and actor (d. 1977 )1895 - Bud Abbott , American comedian and actor (d. 1974 )1901 - Alice Prin , French singer and artist (d. 1953 )1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri , Prime Minister of India (d.1966 )1904 - Graham Greene , British novelist (d. 1991 )
1907 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd , Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997 )1911 - Jack Finney , American author (d. 1995 )1914 - Jack Parsons , American rocket scientist (d. 1952 )1921 - Robert Runcie , Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000 )1926 - Jan Morris , English writer1928 - George "Spanky" McFarland , American actor (d. 1993 )1929 - Moses Gunn , African-American actor (d. 1993 )1932 - Maury Wills , American baseball player1934 - Earl Wilson , American baseball player (d. 2005 )1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. , American attorney (d. 2005 )1938 - Rex Reed , American movie critic and actor1943 - Franklin Rosemont , American artist1945 - Don McLean , American songwriter1948 - Avery Brooks , American actor1948 - Donna Karan , American fashion designer
1948 - Chris LeDoux , American musicician and rodeo performer (d. 2005 )
1949 - Richard Hell , American musician1949 - Annie Leibovitz , American photographer
1950 - Persis Khambatta , Indian actress (d. 1998 )1951 - Sting , British musician and actor1955 - Lorraine Bracco , American actress1966 - Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoai , Samoan professional wrestler (d. 2000 )1967 - Frankie Fredericks , Namibian athlete1968 - Jana Novotná , Czech tennis player1970 - Kelly Ripa , American actress and television host1971 - Tiffany , American singer1971 - James Root , American guitarist (Slipknot )
1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki , Japanese singer
Deaths
1264 - Pope Urban IV 1559 - Jacquet of Mantua , French composer (b. 1483 )1626 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar , Spanish diplomat (b. 1567 )1629 - Pierre de Bérulle , French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575 )1629 - Antonio Cifra , Italian composer (b. 1584 )
1708 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles , French general (b. 1650 )1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy , French writer (b. 1644 )1746 - Josiah Burchett , English Secretary of the Admiralty1775 - Chiyo-ni , Japanese poet (b. 1703 )1782 - Charles Lee , British and U.S. general (b. 1732 )1803 - Samuel Adams , American patriot (b. 1722 )1817 - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov , Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744 )1850 - Sarah Biffen , English painter (b. 1784 )1853 - François Jean Dominique Arago , French mathematician (b. 1786 )1901 - Karl Rudolf Kö , man physicist (b. 1832 )1927 - Svante Arrhenius , Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859 )1962 - Boris Y. Bukreev , Soviet mathematician (b. 1859 )1968 - Marcel Duchamp , French artist (b. 1887 )1973 - Paul Hartman , American actor (b. 1904 )1973 - Paavo Nurmi , Finnish runner (b. 1897 )
1974 - Vasily Shukshin , Russian writer, actor, screenplay writer and film director (b. 1929 )1981 - Hazel Scott , West Indian-born singer (b. 1920 )1981 - Harry Golden , American journalist (b. 1902 )
1985 - Rock Hudson , American actor (b. 1925 )1988 - Generoso Pope, Jr., founder of the National Enquirer 1927 )1994 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson , American actress (b. 1909 )1998 - Gene Autry , American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907 )2002 - Heinz von Foerster , Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911 )2003 - John T. Dunlop , U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914 )2005 - Nipsey Russell , American comedian (b. 1924 )2005 - August Wilson , American playwright (b. 1945 )
Holidays and observances
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