What Happened in History on October 2nd?

829 Theophilos (813–842), succeeds his father as Byzantine Emperor.

1187 Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.

1263 The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.

1470 A rebellion organized by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.

1535 Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal is now located.

1552 Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.

1780 John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.

1789 George Washington sends proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.

1814 Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeats rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O’Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.

1835 The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.

1864 American Civil War: Battle of Saltville Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.

1889 In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.

1919 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.

1925 John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.

1928 The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.

1937 Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.

1941  In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.

1942 Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland.

1944 World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.

1950 Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.

1958 Guinea declares its independence from France.

1959 The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.