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Historical events & facts — October 2
What happened on October 2?
On October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India. Known as the Mahatma ("great soul"), he developed the philosophy of non-violent resistance that he used to lead India's independence from British rule. His method inspired civil rights movements around the world, from Martin Luther King to Nelson Mandela.
On October 2, 1968, ten days before the Mexico City Olympics, the Mexican army opened fire on a student demonstration at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco. The exact death toll remains unknown — between 30 and 300 depending on sources — and the government concealed it for decades. It is the darkest episode in Mexico's recent history.
On October 2, 1950, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz published the first Peanuts strip in seven American newspapers, introducing the world to Charlie Brown and his dog Snoopy. The strip would become the most widely read in history, with 355 million readers in 75 countries. Schulz published it without interruption for nearly fifty years, until his death in 2000.
Notable birthdays — October 2
Famous people born on October 2
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal
Isabella, Princess of Asturias, also known as Isabella of Aragon, was the eldest child and heiress presumptive of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. She was Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Manuel I from 30 September 1497 until her death the following year.
Alexander R. Todd
Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957.
Robert Runcie
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans. He travelled the world widely to spread ecumenicism and worked to foster relations with both Protestant and Catholic churches across Europe. He was a leader of the Liberal Anglo-Catholicism movement.
Rex Reed
Rex Taylor Reed was an American film critic, journalist, actor and media personality. Raised throughout the American South and educated at Louisiana State University, Reed moved to New York City in the early 1960s to begin his career, writing about popular culture, art, and celebrities for a number of newspapers and magazines.
Avery Brooks
Avery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the Academy Award–nominated film American History X.
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