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02 October, 2006
Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
02 October, 2005
Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people. NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
02 October, 2004
American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
02 October, 2002
The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
02 October, 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. An AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
02 October, 1992
The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
02 October, 1990
A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
02 October, 1970
A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
02 October, 1968
A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre.
02 October, 1967
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
02 October, 1958
Guinea declares itself independent from France.
02 October, 1944
World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
02 October, 1941
World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
02 October, 1938
Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
02 October, 1937
Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person in the United States to be arrested on a marijuana charge.
02 October, 1935
Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
02 October, 1928
The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
02 October, 1924
The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
02 October, 1919
US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
02 October, 1889
In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
02 October, 1864
American Civil War: Battle of Saltville - Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
02 October, 1851
The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
02 October, 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.
02 October, 1789
George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (the so-called "Bill of Rights") to the States for ratification.
02 October, 1552
Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
02 October, 1535
Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
02 October, 1263
The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
02 October, 1187
Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.

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