History Events on October 02

Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
#1990_Guangzhou_Baiyun_airport_collisions

An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
#Wichita_State_University_football_team_plane_crash

Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
#Battle_of_Gonzales

Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of Montreal.
#Jacques_Cartier

The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
#Opus_Dei

World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.
#World_War_II

The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
#Advanced_Encryption_Standard

Chilean War of Independence: Royalist troops defeat Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.
#Battle_of_Rancagua

American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
#American_Revolutionary_War

World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
#Warsaw_Uprising

Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
#Theophilos_(emperor)
Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan.
#Siege_of_Kazan

William Tyndale publishes The Obedience of a Christian Man, which advocates the divine right of kings.
#William_Tyndale

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
#Woodrow_Wilson

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

Guinea declares its independence from France.
#Guinea

American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
#American_Civil_War

The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
#Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)

Improper maintenance procedures cause Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Peru.
#Aeroperú_Flight_603

Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
#Michael_Myers_(politician)

The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
#Richard_Neville,_16th_Earl_of_Warwick

Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
#Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1187)
Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
#Rod_Serling

Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
#Gustavo_Díaz_Ordaz

A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
#Rome

World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
#RMS_Queen_Mary
The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
#Battle_of_Largs

The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
#United_States_Bill_of_Rights