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Historical events on October 2

OCTOBER 2, 1996
A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the aircraft's static ports caused Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
A pitot–static system is a system of pressure-sensitive instruments that is most often used in aviation to determine an aircraft's airspeed, Mach Read More
OCTOBER 2, 2005
Typhoon Longwang made landfall in China as the deadliest tropical cyclone in that year to impact the country.
Typhoon Longwang, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Maring, was the deadliest tropical cyclone to impact China during the 2005 Pacific typhoon Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1470
With King Edward IV of England forced to flee to the Burgundian Netherlands after a rebellion organised by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Henry VI was restored to the throne of England.
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1452
The future King of England, Richard III is born at Fotheringhay Castle; in 1485 he usurped his brother's throne, denounced his nephews for being illegitimate and was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field two years later.
Richard III was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1942
Second World War: HMS Curacoa (pictured) was accidentally rammed and sunk by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from submarine attacks.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1766
As part of wider food riots, citizens in Nottingham, England, looted large quantities of cheese; one man was killed during attempts to restore order.
The 1766 food riots took place across England in response to rises in the prices of wheat and other cereals following a Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1937
President Rafael Trujillo announced that Dominican troops had begun mass killings of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic.
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed El Jefe, was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1967
Thurgood Marshall (pictured) was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1263
Scottish–Norwegian War: Norwegian and Scottish armies fought the Battle of Largs, an inconclusive engagement near the present-day town of Largs, Scotland.
The Scottish–Norwegian War lasted from 1262 to 1266. The conflict arose because of disagreement over the ownership of the Hebrides. The war Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1971
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of South Vietnam.
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. Read More
OCTOBER 2, 2007
South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun walked across the Military Demarcation Line on his way to the second inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
Roh Moo-hyun was a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as the ninth president of South Korea from 2003 to 2008. (Image Credits)
OCTOBER 2, 2006
A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.
On October 2, 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1913
The Shubert Theatre opened on Broadway with a production of Hamlet.
The Shubert Theatre is a Broadway theater at 225 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1990
A hijacked airliner collided with two other planes while attempting to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, killing 128 and injuring 71.
Aircraft hijacking is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group. Dating from the earliest of hijackings, most Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1879
Qing China signed the Treaty of Livadia with the Russian Empire, but the terms were so unfavorable that the Chinese government refused to ratify the treaty.
The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. Read More
OCTOBER 2, 1835
Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales in Mexican Texas encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia at the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.
Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early Read More

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