Also on October 2
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Gandhi Jayanti (IN) · 国庆节 (CN)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba) סוכות ז׳ (הושענא רבה) holiday
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2016 — Ethiopian protests: Violence breaks out during an Irreechaa festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people. ↗
- 2007 — President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean... ↗
- 2006 — Five Amish girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts... ↗
- 2002 — The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks. ↗
- 1996 — A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the static ports of the aircraft causes Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 2002 — Jacob Sartorius, American singer
- 1997 — Hana Sugisaki, Japanese actress
- 1996 — Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 — Te Maire Martin, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1995 — Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player