ON THIS DAY
What happened on October 2?
October 2 brings together a globally influential leader, experiments in moving images, an enduring comic strip, African independence and a judicial first.
9 moments shown
Jerusalem surrendered to Saladin
Jerusalem surrendered to Saladin after a siege, bringing the city back under Muslim rule nearly nine decades after the First Crusade.
Mahatma Gandhi was born
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, in present-day Gujarat, India. His ideas of satyagraha and non-violent resistance influenced movements far beyond India.
Lal Bahadur Shastri was born
Lal Bahadur Shastri, who later served as India’s second prime minister, was born in Mughalsarai in present-day Uttar Pradesh.
John Logie Baird advanced mechanical television
At his London laboratory, John Logie Baird succeeded in transmitting a recognizable greyscale television image while developing his experimental mechanical system.
Peanuts made its newspaper debut
Charles M. Schulz’s first Peanuts strip appeared in seven United States newspapers, featuring Charlie Brown, Shermy and Patty.
Guinea proclaimed independence
After voters rejected membership in the proposed French Community, Guinea became a sovereign independent republic with Sékou Touré as president.
Thurgood Marshall took the judicial oath
Thurgood Marshall took the Judicial Oath in the Supreme Court courtroom, becoming the first African American justice to serve on the Court.
The Tlatelolco massacre took place
Mexican security forces opened fire during a student gathering in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, shortly before the 1968 Olympic Games.
The Carandiru prison massacre occurred
A police intervention following unrest at Carandiru prison in São Paulo resulted in the deaths of 111 prisoners.
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