October 2nd, 1742

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Born on October 2nd, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 2nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 2nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1742)

Born on October 2nd, 1742

Weekday

Tuesday

October 2nd, 1742 was a Tuesday.

Age

281

People born on October 2nd, 1742 will turn 282 this year (2024), in exactly 162 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1742 - October 23rd, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 163 days, exactly on October 3rd, 2024, people who were born on October 2nd, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!

102,837 Days

14,691 Weeks

3,378 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 2nd?

October 2nd, 2007

South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun walked across the Military Demarcation Line on his way to the second inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

October 2nd, 1996

A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the aircraft's static ports caused Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, killing all 70 people on board.

October 2nd, 1990

A hijacked airliner collided with two other planes while attempting to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, killing 128 and injuring 71.

October 2nd, 1971

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of South Vietnam.

October 2nd, 1967

Thurgood Marshall (pictured) was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

October 2nd, 1942

Second World War: HMS Curacoa (pictured) was accidentally rammed and sunk by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from submarine attacks.

October 2nd, 1937

President Rafael Trujillo announced that Dominican troops had begun mass killings of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic.

October 2nd, 1913

The Shubert Theatre opened on Broadway with a production of Hamlet.

October 2nd, 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.

October 2nd, 1835

Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales in Mexican Texas encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia at the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.

October 2nd, 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.

October 2nd, 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.

October 2nd, 1452

The future King of England, Richard III is born at Fotheringhay Castle; in 1485 he usurped his brother's throne, denounced his nephews for being illegitimate and was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field two years later

October 2nd, 2019

A privately-owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.

October 2nd, 2018

The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 2nd?

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian independence activist (1869–1948)

*October 2nd, 1869, Porbandar †January 30th, 1948, Gandhi Smriti

Diamond Platnumz

Tanzanian artist, dancer, philanthropist and businessman

*October 2nd, 1989, Dar es Salaam

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

Dardan

German rapper

*October 2nd, 1997, Stuttgart

Giuliano Sarti

Italian footballer (1933-2017)

*October 2nd, 1933, Castello d'Argile †June 5th, 2017, Rome

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

Claude Taittinger

French businessperson

*October 2nd, 1927, Paris †January 3rd, 2022, Paris

Uta Ranke-Heinemann

German Catholic theologian and author; World's first woman to hold a chair in Catholic theology

*October 2nd, 1927, Essen †March 25th, 2021, Essen

Angel Espinosa

Cuban boxer (1966–2017)

*October 2nd, 1966, Holguín †April 12th, 2017, Hialeah Gardens

Marion Bartoli

French tennis player

*October 2nd, 1984, Le Puy-en-Velay

Donna Karan

American fashion designer

*October 2nd, 1948, New York City

Alice Walton

American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

*October 2nd, 1949, Newport

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

*October 2nd, 1847, 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań †August 2nd, 1934, Ogrodzieniec

Tyson Chandler

American basketball player

*October 2nd, 1982, Hanford

Graham Greene

British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)

*October 2nd, 1904, Berkhamsted †April 3rd, 1991, Vevey

Suki Kaiser

Canadian actress

*October 2nd, 1967, Bangkok

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Divine

Indian rapper

*October 2nd, 1990, Andheri

William Ramsay

Scottish chemist

*October 2nd, 1852, Glasgow †July 23rd, 1916, High Wycombe

Maria Ressa

Filipino journalist (born 1963)

*October 2nd, 1963, Manila

Same year
Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Gandhi's birthday-related observances) which are celebrated on October 2nd.

Gandhi Jayanti (India)

Gandhi's birthday-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_Jayanti

International Day of Non-Violence

Gandhi's birthday-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Non-Violence

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea

National Grandparents Day (Italy)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandparents'_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

II.X.MDCCXLII

2.10.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1742

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October 2nd, 1742

Born on October 2nd, 1742

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 102,000 days old!

102,837 Days

14,691 Weeks

3,378 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 2nd?

South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun walked across the Military Demarcation Line on his way to the second inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the aircraft's static ports caused Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, killing all 70 people on board.

A hijacked airliner collided with two other planes while attempting to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, killing 128 and injuring 71.

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of South Vietnam.

Thurgood Marshall (pictured) was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Second World War: HMS Curacoa (pictured) was accidentally rammed and sunk by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from submarine attacks.

President Rafael Trujillo announced that Dominican troops had begun mass killings of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic.

The Shubert Theatre opened on Broadway with a production of Hamlet.

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.

Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales in Mexican Texas encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia at the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.

As part of wider food riots, citizens in Nottingham, England, looted large quantities of cheese; one man was killed during attempts to restore order.

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.

The future King of England, Richard III is born at Fotheringhay Castle; in 1485 he usurped his brother's throne, denounced his nephews for being illegitimate and was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field two years later

A privately-owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.

The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 2nd

Same Day Who's birthday is on October 2nd?

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 2nd

Batik Day (Indonesia)

Denha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

Leodegar

October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gandhi Jayanti (India)

International Day of Non-Violence

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958

National Grandparents Day (Italy)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

2.10.1742

Legend

Leap year

Calendar October 1742

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Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 2nd?

Same year
Born in 1742

Calendar
October 1742

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40	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
41	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
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43	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
44	29	30	31