What happened on October 2?

October 2 is day 275 of the year, day 276 in leap years. On 2 October 1950, the comic strip Peanuts was first published in seven newspapers. In addition, the British rock musician Sting was born in 1951. In 1990, the People's Chamber of the GDR finally held its last meeting.

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Events on October 2

1187 Saladin captures Jerusalem, ending 88 years of Christian rule over the city. This event subsequently leads to the Third Crusade.
1836 The Beagle, under the command of Robert FitzRoy with Charles Darwin aboard, returns to England after its South American expedition. Darwin's work will be based on findings from this journey.
1911 At Prussian schools, the class period is shortened to 45 minutes.
1930 Henry Ford lays the foundation stone for a Ford automobile plant in Cologne.
1944 The Warsaw Uprising ends with the capitulation of the Polish Home Army and the almost total destruction of the city by the Germans.
1950 The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz appears for the first time in seven U.S. newspapers.
1954 At the London Foreign Ministers' Conference, the rearmament of the Federal Republic of Germany and its admission to NATO are decided upon.
1977 The Contact Ban Act, which places the contact ban imposed on imprisoned RAF members since the beginning of the Schleyer kidnapping on a sound legal footing, enters into force in the “German Autumn”. On the same day, Volker Speitel, wanted under an arrest warrant, is arrested.
1990 The People's Chamber of the GDR holds its last meeting, and the NVA is dissolved.
2000 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, the largest German television company, is formed through the merger of Pro Sieben Media AG (ProSieben, Kabel 1 and N24) and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen.
2015 The U.S. holding company Alphabet Inc., to which the technology company Google, among others, belongs, is founded.
2023 In protest against the policy of Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach, the medical practices of thousands of general practitioners and specialist physicians across Germany remain closed.

Born on October 2

1852 William Ramsay, British chemist, discoverer of the noble gases, Nobel laureate
1890 Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (Marx Brothers)
1902 Leopold Figl, Austrian politician
1904 Graham Greene, British writer
1950 Mike Rutherford, British musician, singer and songwriter
1951 Romina Power, Italian-American singer and actress
1951 Sting, British rock musician, singer and actor
1971 Xavier Naidoo, German soul and R&B singer
1973 Sascha Reimann, German rapper and actor
1991 Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „2. Oktober“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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