2 October
Notable Births
Sam Konstas
b. 2005
Australian cricketer (born 2005)
Jacob Sartorius
b. 2002
American social media personality (born 2002)
Quadeca
b. 2000
American rapper, producer, and YouTuber (born 2000)
Tom Trbojevic
b. 1996
Australia international rugby league footballer
Tepai Moeroa
b. 1995
Cook Islands international rugby league & union footballer
Lance McCullers Jr.
b. 1993
American baseball player (born 1993)
Alisson Becker
b. 1992
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
Shane Larkin
b. 1992
American-Turkish basketball player (born 1992)
Nicol Ruprecht
b. 1992
Austrian rhythmic gymnast
Roberto Firmino
b. 1991
Brazilian footballer (born 1991)
Samantha Barks
b. 1990
British actress (born 1990)
Frederik Andersen
b. 1989
Danish ice hockey player (born 1989)
Josh Bailey
b. 1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Aaron Hicks
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
George Nash (rower)
b. 1989
British rower
Brittany Howard
b. 1988
American musician (born 1988)
Joe Ingles
b. 1987
Australian basketball player (born 1987)
Phil Kessel
b. 1987
American ice hockey player (born 1987)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
b. 1987
American racing driver (born 1987)
Graham Greene
b. 1904
British writer and playwright (1904–1991)
Notable Deaths
Francis Lee (footballer)
d. 2023
English footballer (1944–2023)
Sacheen Littlefeather
d. 2022
American actress and activist (1946–2022)
Jamal Khashoggi
d. 2018
Saudi journalist and dissident (1958–2018)
Tom Petty
d. 2017
American rock musician (1950–2017)
Neville Marriner
d. 2016
English conductor and violinist (1924–2016)
Brian Friel
d. 2015
Irish dramatist, author and theatre director (1929–2015)
Coleridge Goode
d. 2015
British Jamaican-born jazz bassist (1914–2015)
Kwa Geok Choo
d. 2010
Singaporean lawyer (1920–2010)
Tex Coulter
d. 2007
American gridiron football player (1924–2007)
George Grizzard
d. 2007
American actor (1928–2007)
Dan Keating
d. 2007
Irish republican (1902–2007)
Helen Chenoweth-Hage
d. 2006
American politician (1938–2006)
Paul Halmos
d. 2006
Hungarian-American mathematician (1916–2006)
Nipsey Russell
d. 2005
American entertainer (1918–2005)
August Wilson
d. 2005
American playwright (1945–2005)
John Thomas Dunlop
d. 2003
American politician and economist (1914–2003)
Heinz von Foerster
d. 2002
Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911–2002)
David Tonkin
d. 2000
Australian politician (1929 – 2000)
Heinz G. Konsalik
d. 1999
German novelist (1921–1999)
Gene Autry
d. 1998
American actor (1907–1998)
On This Day in History
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2025
2 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur.
2025 Manchester synagogue attack
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.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
2018
The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Washington Post
2016
Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
2014–2016 Oromo protests
2007
President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
Roh Moo-hyun
2006
Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
West Nickel Mines School shooting
2004
The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
Parkrun
2002
The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.
D.C. sniper attacks
1996
Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
Aeroperú Flight 603
1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Freedom of Information Act (United States)
1992
Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.
Carandiru massacre
1990
Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132.
1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions
1980
Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
Michael Myers (Pennsylvania politician)
1971
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
1971
British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.
British European Airways Flight 706
1970
An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
Wichita State University football team plane crash
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.
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
1967
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
1958
Guinea declares its independence from France.
Guinea
1944
World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
Warsaw Uprising