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October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining.

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1187 - Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
1780 - American Revolutionary War: British spy John Andre is hanged by American forces.
1835 - Texas RevolutionThe Texas Revolution was a war fought between Mexico and the people of the territory that was to become the Republic of Texas. The revolution has roots dating back to the 1810s when Mexico (then part of New Spain) was fighting for independence from the Sp begins: Battle of GonzalesThe Battle of Gonzales was a skirmish that took place on October 2, 1835 in the Texas town of Gonzales between the Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army. Although it was minor as a military engagement, it marked a clear break between the Americ - MexicanThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, TexasGonzales is a city located in Gonzales County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 7,202. It is the county seat of Gonzales County 6. Geography Gonzales is located at 29°30'32" North, 97°26'52" West (29. 508801, -97. It is loc but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
1836Events January Book by Maria Monk claims that she was sexually exploited in a Canadian convent February 3 United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. February 23 The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. February 24 - Naturalist Charles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin ( February 12, 1809 April 19, 1882) was an English naturalist whose revolutionary theory laid the foundation for both the modern theory of evolution and the principle of common descent by proposing natural selection as a mechanism. returns to FalmouthThe "original" Falmouth is in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Falmouth is also the name of some places in the United States of America: Falmouth, Kentucky Falmouth, Maine Falmouth, Massachusetts Falmouth, Virginia Falmouth, Jamaica is the capital of the T, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England aboard the HMS Beagle after a 5-year journey collecting biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Saltville - Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia but are defeated by Confederate troops.
1889 - In Washington, DC, the first international Conference of American States begins.
1919 - US 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.
1928 - The " Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
1935 - Italy invades Abyssinia ( Ethiopia).
1941 - World War II: Operation Typhoon - Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1944 - Holocaust: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1950 - The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven US newspapers.
1955 - The ENIAC computer is deactivated at 11:45 PM.
1955 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts (last new episode aired on June 26, 1962).
1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
1959 - The Twilight Zone debuts.
1962 - Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
1968 - A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre.
1990 - A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, crashes into an empty Boeing 707-3J6B and then a Boeing 757-21B on the ground killing 132
1996 - The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1996 - An Aeroperu Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru killing 70.
2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.

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