October 2 holidays in 2020

Historical Events on October 2

• 1470: King Edward IV of England is forced to flee to the Netherlands by rebel forces led by Richard Neville. This allows Henry VI to reascend to the throne.
• 1535: The area the city of Montreal is located now is discovered by Jacques Cartier.
• 1552: The Grand Prince of Russia Ivan IV Vasilyevich – otherwise known as Ivan the Terrible – conquers Kazan.
• 1780: A British Army officer – John Andre – is hung as a spy by American forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 1789: The Bill of Rights is sent to the States by George Washington for ratification.
• 1835: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the residents of Gonzale, Texas but locally assembled militias resist them, thereby beginning the Battle of Gonzales during the Texas Revolution.
• 1919: United States President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke which ends up leaving him partially paralyzed.
• 1925: The initial test of a working TV system is performed by John Logie.
• 1941: Germany begins an offense against Moscow called Operation Typhoon during World War II.
• 1942: During WWII, the HMS Curacoa is accidentally hit and sunk by the RMS Queen Mary off of the coast of Ireland. 239 crewman aboard the Curacoa die.
• 1944: During World War II, the Warsaw Uprising is put down by German forces.
• 1950: Charles M. Schultz publishes the cartoon strip “Peanuts” for the very first time.
• 1959: The fantasy, science-fiction and horror anthology called the “Twilight Zone” premiers on CBS.
• 1967: The first African-American justice of the U.S., Thurgood Marshall, is sworn in as justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Famous Birthdays on October 2

• English King Richard III is born in 1452.
• Duchess of Milan Isabella of Aragon is born in 1470.
• English politician William Drury is born in 1527.
• King of Sardinia, Charles Albert is born in 1798.
• American slave and rebellion leader Nat Turner is born in 1800.
• American general Alexander P. Stewart is born in 1821.
• Scottish-English chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate, William Ramsay is born in 1852.
• American actor Moses Gunn is born in 1929.