Wednesday October 2, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 2: Day of the Week

October 2, 2024 is the 276th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Libra is the zodiac 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.

October 2 Historical Event(s)

1789
George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1924
The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
1944
World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1950
Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published
1968
A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre.
1970
A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1990
Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
1992
The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
2001
Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
2005
Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.

Who were born on October 2?

1800
Nat Turner, American slave and slave rebellion figure (d. 1831)
1929
Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993)
1932
Maury Wills, American baseball player
1938
Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
1946
Jo-El Sonnier, American singer-songwriter and accordionist
1950
Mike Rutherford, English musician (Genesis)
1968
Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
1973
Efren Ramirez, American actor
1975
Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1986
Camilla Belle, American actress

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