2 October

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The 2t o October is the 275t day o the year (276t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 90 days bidin.

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Events

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1187: Dome o the Rock in Jerusalem
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1958: Banner o Guinea
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Births

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Mahatma Gandhi
  • 1452 Richard III o Ingland (d. 1485)
  • 1805 William Cunningham, Scots theologian (d. 1861)
  • 1847 Paul von Hindenburg, Preses o Germany (d. 1934)
  • 1851 Ferdinand Foch, French general (d. 1929)
  • 1852 William Ramsay, Scots chemist (d. 1916)
  • 1854 Patrick Geddes, Scots polymath (d. 1932)
  • 1869 Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist an philosopher (d. 1948)
  • 1871 Cordell Hull, Unitit States Secretar o State (d. 1955)
  • 1890 Groucho Marx, American comedian, actor an sangster (d. 1977)
  • 1904 Lal Bahadur Shastri, 2nt Prime meenister o Indie (d. 1966)
  • 1904 Graham Greene, Inglis writer (d. 1991)
  • 1907 Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scots biochemist (d. 1997)
  • 1917 Christian de Duve, Belgian biochemist (d. 2013)
  • 1933 John Gurdon, Inglis biologist
  • 1944 Willie Morgan, Scots fitbawer
  • 1949 Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
  • 1951 Romina Power, American sangster
  • 1951 Sting, Inglis sangster
  • 1953 Willie Pettigrew, Scots fitbawer
  • 1961 Derek Turnbull, Scots rugby union player
  • 1964 John Robertson, Scots fitbawer
  • 1973 Maria Wetterstrand, Swadish politeecian
  • 1982 Stephen Pearson, Scots fitbawer
  • 1984 Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
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Daiths

  • 1764 William Cavendish, 4t Duke o Devonshire, Prime Meenister o Great Breetain (b. 1720)
  • 1803 Samuel Adams, American politeecian (b. 1722)
  • 1920 Max Bruch, German componer an conductor (b. 1838)
  • 1927 Svante Arrhenius, Swadish chemist (b. 1859)
  • 1931 Thomas Lipton, Scots merchand an yachtsman (b. 1848)
  • 1968 Marcel Duchamp, French airtist (b. 1887)
  • 1973 Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
  • 1985 Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
  • 2017 Tom Petty, American muisicker (b. 1950)
  • 2018 Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi jurnalist (b. 1958)
  • 2019 Giya Kancheli, Georgie componer (b. 1935)

Halidays

  • Gandhi Jayanti (Indie)
  • Internaitional Day o Non-Violence
  • Independence Day (Guinea)
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