Talk:October 2
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Selected anniversaries entry for this day. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this entry. --mav 00:26, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
October 2: Labour Day in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia (2006); Independence Day in Guinea (1958), Gandhi Jayanti in India.
- 1187 - The Siege of Jerusalem: Ayyubid forces led by Saladin captured Jerusalem, prompting the Third Crusade.
- 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sailed along the St. Lawrence River and reached an Iroquois fort on the island now known as Montréal.
- 1835 - Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales, Texas encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia in the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.
- 1928 - Saint Josemaría Escrivá (pictured) founded Opus Dei, a worldwide organization of lay members of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1950 - Peanuts, a syndicated comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, featuring Charlie Brown and his pet beagle Snoopy, was first published in major newspapers.
Recent days: October 1 – September 30 – September 29
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- 1870 - Italy annexes Rome and the Papal States.
- Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type pages (a bad source). --mav
- 1942 - First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, in Chicago, Illinois.
- Wrong. It happend on December 2. --mav
