Talk:October 2

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October 2: International Day of Non-Violence; Gandhi Jayanti in India

Thurgood Marshall

1470 – With King Edward IV of England forced to flee to the Burgundian Netherlands after a rebellion organised by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Henry VI was restored to the throne of England.
1766 – As part of wider food riots, citizens in Nottingham, England, looted large quantities of cheese; one man was killed during attempts to restore order.
1879 – Qing China signed the Treaty of Livadia with the Russian Empire, but the terms were so unfavorable that the Chinese government refused to ratify the treaty.
1913 – The Shubert Theatre opened on Broadway with a production of Hamlet.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall (pictured) was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

William Drury (b. 1527)
Thomas Ellison (d. 1904)
Jack Parsons (b. 1914)
Priya Cooper (b. 1974)

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1870 - Italy annexes Rome and the Papal States.

Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type pages (a bad source). --mav

1942 - First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, in Chicago, Illinois.

Wrong. It happend on December 2. --mav

Deaths section deleted?![edit]

I was looking through the October 2 article and the Deaths section no longer exists! Who deleted the "Deaths" section, and why? It should have been kept there! --Angeldeb82 20:01, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HIS BIRTHDAY IS FEBRUARY 10, NOT OCTOBER 2!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Sam-Bockarie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.48.232 (talk) 02:02, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Andrey Lukanov[edit]

I wrote about the murder of Andrey Lukanov, but I'm not sure should it be at deaths or events. Nargotrond (talk) 09:09, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You wrote about it where? -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 10:49, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]