WillDekkard
10-02-2010, 03:08 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - October 2nd
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* 1187 Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
* 1263 The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
* 1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
* 1552 Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
* 1780 John Andrι, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
* 1789 George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
* 1814 Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.
* 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.
* 1851 The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
* 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Saltville Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
* 1889 In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
* 1919 US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
* 1924 The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
* 1925 John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
* 1928 The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemarνa Escrivα.
* 1938 Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
* 1941 World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
* 1944 World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
* 1950 Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published
* 1958 Guinea declares its independence from France.
* 1959 The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
* 1967 Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
* 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 A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 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 Sγo Paulo, Brazil.
* 1996 The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
* 1996 An AeroPerϊ Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
* 1997 European Union: The Amsterdam Treaty is signed.
* 2001 NATO backs US military strikes following 9/11.
* 2001 Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
* 2002 The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
* 2004 American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
* 2005 Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
* 2005 NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
* 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.
* 2007 President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
* 2009 Rio de Janeiro is elected the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
* 2009 The Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland is approved at the second attempt, permitting the state to ratify the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon.
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This Date in History - October 2nd
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* 1187 Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
* 1263 The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
* 1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
* 1552 Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
* 1780 John Andrι, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
* 1789 George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
* 1814 Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.
* 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.
* 1851 The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
* 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Saltville Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
* 1889 In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
* 1919 US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
* 1924 The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
* 1925 John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
* 1928 The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemarνa Escrivα.
* 1938 Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
* 1941 World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
* 1944 World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
* 1950 Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published
* 1958 Guinea declares its independence from France.
* 1959 The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
* 1967 Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
* 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 A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 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 Sγo Paulo, Brazil.
* 1996 The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
* 1996 An AeroPerϊ Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
* 1997 European Union: The Amsterdam Treaty is signed.
* 2001 NATO backs US military strikes following 9/11.
* 2001 Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
* 2002 The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
* 2004 American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
* 2005 Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
* 2005 NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
* 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.
* 2007 President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
* 2009 Rio de Janeiro is elected the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
* 2009 The Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland is approved at the second attempt, permitting the state to ratify the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon.
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