October 02

Sunday 02, 2005:

The Ethan Allen tour boat capsized on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty-one people.

Saturday 02, 2004:

American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.

Tuesday 02, 2001:

First palindromic MM-DD-YYYY date since August 31, 1380.

Monday 02, 2000:

The science fiction TV-series Andromeda premiered, it ended on May 13, 2005.

Wednesday 02, 1996:

Lance Armstrong is diagnosed with testicular cancer that spreads to his liver, lungs, and brain.

Friday 02, 1992:

The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru prison system in São Paulo, Brazil.

Tuesday 02, 1990:

A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132

Wednesday 02, 1968:

1978 - Baseball: Bucky Dent hits a home run for the New York Yankees to defeat the Boston Red Sox in a one-game play off at Fenway Park. The home run was Dent's 5th of the season.

Monday 02, 1967:

Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.

Tuesday 02, 1962:

Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show.

Friday 02, 1959:

The Twilight Zone pilot premieres.

Thursday 02, 1958:

Guinea declares itself independent from France.

Sunday 02, 1955:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts (last new episode aired on June 26, 1962).

Monday 02, 1950:

The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven US newspapers.

Monday 02, 1944:

World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.

Thursday 02, 1941:

World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.

Wednesday 02, 1935:

Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

Tuesday 02, 1928:

The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.

Thursday 02, 1924:

The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.

Thursday 02, 1919:

US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partiallyparalyzed.

Wednesday 02, 1889:

In Washington, DC, the first international Conference of American States begins.

Wednesday 02, 1872:

1872 - On this day, Phileas Fogg sets off on his round world trip to return on December 21st or lose £20,000 in the book "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne

Sunday 02, 1864:

Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.

Sunday 02, 1836:

Naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth, England aboard the HMS Beagle after a five-year journey collecting biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution.

Friday 02, 1835:

The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.

Monday 02, 1780:

American Revolutionary War: British spy John Andre is hanged by American forces for his role in Benedict Arnold's plot to sell West Point to the British Army.

Wednesday 02, 1535:

Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.

Friday 02, 1187:

Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.

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