About October 2

October 2, 2025 is the 275th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 138 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 2

  • 1263 –
    The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
  • 1535 –
    Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
  • 1780 –
    John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
  • 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.
  • 1919 –
    U.S. 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.
  • 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.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
  • 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 United States Supreme Court.
  • 1968 –
    A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre.
  • 1992 –
    The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
  • 1996 –
    Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
  • 1996 –
    The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
  • 2001 –
    NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.
  • 2001 –
    Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
  • 2002 –
    The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
  • 2005 –
    Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
  • 2006 –
    Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.

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