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Historical Events on October 2

829
Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
939
Battle of Andernach: King Otto I crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.
1187
Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1263
The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
1470
Richard Neville's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
1528
William Tyndale, the renowned English Reformer and Bible translator published his famous work The Obedience of a Christian Man.
1535
Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal is now located.
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 sends proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1814
Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeats rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.
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.
1864
American Civil War: Battle of Saltville: Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
1919
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1925
John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
1928
The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Josemaría Escrivá.
1937
Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
1941
World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1942
World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland, killing 337 crewmen aboard the Curacoa.
1944
World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1949
The Soviet Union recognises the People's Republic of China, proclaimed the previous day by Mao Zedong.
1950
Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.
1958
Guinea declares its independence from France.
1959
The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
1967
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1968
Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics will start.
1970
A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1980
Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1990
Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
1996
A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the static ports of the aircraft causes Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, due to instrument failure.
1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
2002
The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2006
Five Amish girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school 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.
2016
Ethiopian protests: Violence breaks out during an Irreechaa festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.

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