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6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your October 2 wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.

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8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the October 2 site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site

9. Contact - got a question about October 2, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.

10. Payment - ready to pay for your October 2, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.

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Events

• 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem (1187): Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
• 1263 - The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
• 1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
• 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 transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
• 1835 - The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexico soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
• 1851 - The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Saltville - United States forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate States of America troops.
• 1889 - In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
• 1919 - President of the United States Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralysis.
• 1924 - The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
• 1928 - The "Prelature of the Christian cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
• 1935 - Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
• 1937 - Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person in the United States to be arrested on a marijuana charge.
• 1938 - 1938 Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
• 1941 - World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
• 1944 - World War II: Nazism troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
• 1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
• 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1968 - A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre.
• 1970 - A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters Wichita State University Crash in Colorado killing 31 people.
• 1980 - Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali in his bid to become Heavyweight boxing Champion for the fourth time after round 10 when Angelo Dundee tells referee to stop the fight.
• 1990 - A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
• 1992 - The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1996 - The Freedom of Information Act (United States) are signed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• 1996 - An AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
• 2001 - The NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.
• 2002 - The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• 2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
• 2005 - Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George (New York) in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
• 2005 - NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
• 2006 - Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a Amish school shooting 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.

Births

• 1452 - King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
• 1538 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)
• 1644 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)
• 1722 - Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
• 1737 - Francis Hopkinson, signer of the United States 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)
• 1828 - Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896)
• 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 politician and spiritual leader (Father of the India) . (d. 1948)
• 1871 - Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
• 1873 - Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's Maryland%27s_5th_congressional_district (d. 1924)
• 1873 - Plum Warner, English cricketer (d. 1963)
• 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)
• 1902 - Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (d. 1965)
• 1904 - Graham Greene (writer), British novelist (d. 1991)
• 1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (d.1966)
• 1907 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)
• 1911 - Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995)
• 1913 - Karl Miller (footballer), German footballer (d. 1967)
• 1914 - Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist (d. 1952)
• 1914 - Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master (d.1998)
• 1917 - Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1917 - Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1921 - Albert Scott Crossfield, American test pilot (d. 2006)
• 1921 - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
• 1926 - Jan Morris, English writer
• 1928 - George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1928 - Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian
• 1929 - Moses Gunn, African-American actor (d. 1993)
• 1930 - Dave Barrett, Premier of British Columbia
• 1932 - Maury Wills, American baseball player
• 1933 - Phill Niblock, American composer, filmmaker and videographer
• 1934 - Earl Wilson, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1935 - Omar Sivori, Argentine football player (d. 2005)
• 1936 - Dick Barnett, American basketball player
• 1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005)
• 1938 - Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor
• 1938 - Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
• 1943 - Franklin Rosemont, American artist
• 1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter
• 1946 - Gen.Sonthi Boonyaratglin, President of Council for National Security and Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army
• 1948 - Avery Brooks, American actor
• 1948 - Trevor Brooking, English footballer
• 1948 - Donna Karan, American fashion designer
• 1948 - Chris LeDoux, American musician and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
• 1949 - Richard Hell, American musician
• 1949 - Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
• 1950 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
• 1950 - Ian McNeice, English actor
• 1950 - Mike Rutherford, English musician (Genesis (band))
• 1951 - Sting, English musician and actor
• 1951 - Romina Power, Italian singer
• 1952 - Wahed Wafa, Afghan singer
• 1954 - Lorraine Bracco, American actress
• 1955 - Phil Oakey, English singer (The Human League)
• 1957 - Wade Dooley, English rugby union player
• 1960 - Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 - Robbie Nevil, American singer and songwriter
• 1962 - Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic drummer (The Sugarcubes)
• 1962 - Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian actor and director
• 1964 - Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• 1966 - Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
• 1967 - Bud Gaugh, American musician (Sublime (band))
• 1967 - Gillian Welch, American singer and songwriter
• 1968 - Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter
• 1968 - Jeff Martin (Canadian musician), Canadian singer/songwriter
• 1968 - Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
• 1968 - Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 - Mitch English, American actor
• 1969 - Damon Gough, English singer
• 1970 - Colin Rivas, Galician artist
• 1970 - Kelly Ripa, American actress
• 1970 - Eddie Guardado, American baseball relief pitcher
• 1970 - Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
• 1971 - James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot (band))
• 1971 - Tiffany (singer), American singer
• 1972 - Tara Dawn Holland, Miss America 1997
• 1973 - Lene Nystrøm Rasted, Norwegian singer (Aqua (band))
• 1973 - Efren Ramirez, American actor
• 1973 - Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
• 1973 - Verka Serduchka, Ukranian drag artist
• 1973 - Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
• 1973 - Proof (rapper), American rapper (D12) (d. 2006)
• 1974 - Simon Gregson, British actor
• 1974 - Michelle Krusiec, American actress
• 1974 - Mark Porter (racing driver), New Zealand racing driver (d. 2006)
• 1974 - Sam Roberts, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1974 - Paul Teutul Jr., co-star of American Chopper
• 1976 - Mandisa, American singer
• 1976 - Jason Dodson, American political consultant and teacher of esotericism
• 1977 - Leon del Muerte, American guitarist
• 1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
• 1979 - Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
• 1979 - Maja Ivarsson, lead singer, The Sounds
• 1981 - Luke Wilkshire, Australian soccer player
• 1981 - Toro (Taiwanese singer), Taiwanese singer
• 1982 - George Pettit, Canadian singer (Alexisonfire)
• 1986 - Camilla Belle, American actress
• 1987 - Dia Frampton, American singer (Meg & Dia)
• 1987 - Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
• 1990 - Dean Bouzanis, Australian soccer player
• 1993 - Tara Lynne Barr, American actress
• 1993 - Megan Christine, American Citizen and volleyball player
• 1994 - Shane Kelly, Irish GAA player

Deaths

• 939 - Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
• 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 Admiralty
• 1764 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
• 1780 - John André, British Army officer (executed) (b. 1750)
• 1782 - Charles Lee (general), British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
• 1786 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (b. 1725)
• 1803 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722)
• 1804 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French automobile pioneer (b. 1725)
• 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)
• 1927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
• 1947 - P.D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1962 - Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
• 1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French artist (b. 1887)
• 1971 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911 in music)
• 1973 - Paul Hartman, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1973 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1974 - Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929)
• 1975 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903)
• 1981 - Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
• 1981 - Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)
• 1985 - Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1987 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
• 1987 - Madeleine Carroll, British-born actress (b. 1906)
• 1988 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
• 1994 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1996 - Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
• 1998 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
• 1998 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)
• 1999 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921)
• 2001 - Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
• 2002 - Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
• 2003 - John Thomas Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 2005 - Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (b. 1931)
• 2005 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)
• 2005 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
• 2006 - Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
• 2006 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
• 2006 - Paul Halmos, Hungary-born American mathematician (b. 1916)
• 2007 - Dan Keating, Irish politician (b. 1902)
• 2007 - Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

• Roman festivals - First day of the Ludi Augustales to celebrate the recovery by emperor August of Roman standards from the Parthians
• Calendar of Saints - Memorial of Guardian angel (spirit), Leodegar
• Also see October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Guinea - Independence Day (from France, 1958)
• Holidays in India - Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869)
• French Republican Calendar - Potato Day, eleventh day in the Vendémiaire
• International Day of Non-Violence

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Events

• 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem (1187): Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
• 1263 - The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
• 1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
• 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 transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
• 1835 - The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexico soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
• 1851 - The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Saltville - United States forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate States of America troops.
• 1889 - In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
• 1919 - President of the United States Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralysis.
• 1924 - The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
• 1928 - The "Prelature of the Christian cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
• 1935 - Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
• 1937 - Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person in the United States to be arrested on a marijuana charge.
• 1938 - 1938 Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
• 1941 - World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
• 1944 - World War II: Nazism troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
• 1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
• 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1968 - A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre.
• 1970 - A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters Wichita State University Crash in Colorado killing 31 people.
• 1980 - Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali in his bid to become Heavyweight boxing Champion for the fourth time after round 10 when Angelo Dundee tells referee to stop the fight.
• 1990 - A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
• 1992 - The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1996 - The Freedom of Information Act (United States) are signed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• 1996 - An AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
• 2001 - The NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.
• 2002 - The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• 2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
• 2005 - Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George (New York) in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
• 2005 - NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
• 2006 - Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a Amish school shooting 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.

Births

• 1452 - King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
• 1538 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)
• 1644 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)
• 1722 - Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
• 1737 - Francis Hopkinson, signer of the United States 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)
• 1828 - Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896)
• 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 politician and spiritual leader (Father of the India) . (d. 1948)
• 1871 - Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
• 1873 - Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's Maryland%27s_5th_congressional_district (d. 1924)
• 1873 - Plum Warner, English cricketer (d. 1963)
• 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)
• 1902 - Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (d. 1965)
• 1904 - Graham Greene (writer), British novelist (d. 1991)
• 1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (d.1966)
• 1907 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)
• 1911 - Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995)
• 1913 - Karl Miller (footballer), German footballer (d. 1967)
• 1914 - Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist (d. 1952)
• 1914 - Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master (d.1998)
• 1917 - Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1917 - Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1921 - Albert Scott Crossfield, American test pilot (d. 2006)
• 1921 - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
• 1926 - Jan Morris, English writer
• 1928 - George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1928 - Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian
• 1929 - Moses Gunn, African-American actor (d. 1993)
• 1930 - Dave Barrett, Premier of British Columbia
• 1932 - Maury Wills, American baseball player
• 1933 - Phill Niblock, American composer, filmmaker and videographer
• 1934 - Earl Wilson, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1935 - Omar Sivori, Argentine football player (d. 2005)
• 1936 - Dick Barnett, American basketball player
• 1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005)
• 1938 - Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor
• 1938 - Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
• 1943 - Franklin Rosemont, American artist
• 1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter
• 1946 - Gen.Sonthi Boonyaratglin, President of Council for National Security and Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army
• 1948 - Avery Brooks, American actor
• 1948 - Trevor Brooking, English footballer
• 1948 - Donna Karan, American fashion designer
• 1948 - Chris LeDoux, American musician and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
• 1949 - Richard Hell, American musician
• 1949 - Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
• 1950 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
• 1950 - Ian McNeice, English actor
• 1950 - Mike Rutherford, English musician (Genesis (band))
• 1951 - Sting, English musician and actor
• 1951 - Romina Power, Italian singer
• 1952 - Wahed Wafa, Afghan singer
• 1954 - Lorraine Bracco, American actress
• 1955 - Phil Oakey, English singer (The Human League)
• 1957 - Wade Dooley, English rugby union player
• 1960 - Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 - Robbie Nevil, American singer and songwriter
• 1962 - Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic drummer (The Sugarcubes)
• 1962 - Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian actor and director
• 1964 - Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• 1966 - Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
• 1967 - Bud Gaugh, American musician (Sublime (band))
• 1967 - Gillian Welch, American singer and songwriter
• 1968 - Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter
• 1968 - Jeff Martin (Canadian musician), Canadian singer/songwriter
• 1968 - Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
• 1968 - Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 - Mitch English, American actor
• 1969 - Damon Gough, English singer
• 1970 - Colin Rivas, Galician artist
• 1970 - Kelly Ripa, American actress
• 1970 - Eddie Guardado, American baseball relief pitcher
• 1970 - Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
• 1971 - James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot (band))
• 1971 - Tiffany (singer), American singer
• 1972 - Tara Dawn Holland, Miss America 1997
• 1973 - Lene Nystrøm Rasted, Norwegian singer (Aqua (band))
• 1973 - Efren Ramirez, American actor
• 1973 - Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
• 1973 - Verka Serduchka, Ukranian drag artist
• 1973 - Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
• 1973 - Proof (rapper), American rapper (D12) (d. 2006)
• 1974 - Simon Gregson, British actor
• 1974 - Michelle Krusiec, American actress
• 1974 - Mark Porter (racing driver), New Zealand racing driver (d. 2006)
• 1974 - Sam Roberts, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1974 - Paul Teutul Jr., co-star of American Chopper
• 1976 - Mandisa, American singer
• 1976 - Jason Dodson, American political consultant and teacher of esotericism
• 1977 - Leon del Muerte, American guitarist
• 1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
• 1979 - Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
• 1979 - Maja Ivarsson, lead singer, The Sounds
• 1981 - Luke Wilkshire, Australian soccer player
• 1981 - Toro (Taiwanese singer), Taiwanese singer
• 1982 - George Pettit, Canadian singer (Alexisonfire)
• 1986 - Camilla Belle, American actress
• 1987 - Dia Frampton, American singer (Meg & Dia)
• 1987 - Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
• 1990 - Dean Bouzanis, Australian soccer player
• 1993 - Tara Lynne Barr, American actress
• 1993 - Megan Christine, American Citizen and volleyball player
• 1994 - Shane Kelly, Irish GAA player

Deaths

• 939 - Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
• 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 Admiralty
• 1764 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
• 1780 - John André, British Army officer (executed) (b. 1750)
• 1782 - Charles Lee (general), British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
• 1786 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (b. 1725)
• 1803 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722)
• 1804 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French automobile pioneer (b. 1725)
• 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)
• 1927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
• 1947 - P.D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1962 - Boris Yakovlovic Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
• 1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French artist (b. 1887)
• 1971 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911 in music)
• 1973 - Paul Hartman, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1973 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1974 - Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929)
• 1975 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903)
• 1981 - Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
• 1981 - Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)
• 1985 - Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1987 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
• 1987 - Madeleine Carroll, British-born actress (b. 1906)
• 1988 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
• 1994 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1996 - Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
• 1998 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
• 1998 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)
• 1999 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921)
• 2001 - Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
• 2002 - Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
• 2003 - John Thomas Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 2005 - Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (b. 1931)
• 2005 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)
• 2005 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
• 2006 - Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
• 2006 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
• 2006 - Paul Halmos, Hungary-born American mathematician (b. 1916)
• 2007 - Dan Keating, Irish politician (b. 1902)
• 2007 - Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

• Roman festivals - First day of the Ludi Augustales to celebrate the recovery by emperor August of Roman standards from the Parthians
• Calendar of Saints - Memorial of Guardian angel (spirit), Leodegar
• Also see October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Guinea - Independence Day (from France, 1958)
• Holidays in India - Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869)
• French Republican Calendar - Potato Day, eleventh day in the Vendémiaire
• International Day of Non-Violence

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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