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

Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.

President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.

The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.

The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.

Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.

Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.