October 2nd, 1984

Born on October 2nd, 1984

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

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What happened on October 2nd?

October 2nd, 2018

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

October 2nd, 2005

Typhoon Longwang made landfall in China as the deadliest tropical cyclone in that year to impact the country.

October 2nd, 2007

South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun (pictured) 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, 1971

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

October 2nd, 1967

Thurgood Marshall 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.

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, 1263

Scottish–Norwegian War: Norwegian and Scottish armies fought the Battle of Largs, an inconclusive engagement near the present-day town of Largs, Scotland.

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

Born on October 2nd, 1984

41

Marion Bartoli

French tennis player

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

41

Goran Popov

North Macedonian footballer

*October 2nd, 1984, Strumica

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Born in 1984

41

Basshunter

Swedish singer, record producer and DJ

*December 22nd, 1984, Halmstad

42

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

42

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

42

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

41

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

42

Juliette Armanet

French singer and songwriter

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

41

Andreas Gabalier

Austrian folk singer

*November 21st, 1984, Graz

42

Jeremy Loops

South African singer, songwriter, and record producer

*March 4th, 1984, Kommetjie

41

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

41

Molly Nilsson

Swedish record producer, keyboardist and singer-songwriter

*December 14th, 1984, Stockholm

42

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

42

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

42

Viktor Király

Hungarian singer and songwriter

*March 29th, 1984, New York City

41

Avril Lavigne

Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1984)

*September 27th, 1984, Belleville

42

Chanan Colman

Danish-American-Israeli former basketball player

*March 10th, 1984, Gladsaxe Municipality

42

Simon Dominic

South Korean rapper

*March 9th, 1984, Busan

41

Scarlett Johansson

American actress (born 1984)

*November 22nd, 1984, Manhattan

42

Mark Zuckerberg

American Internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

42

Markus Brzenska

German association football player and manager

*May 25th, 1984, Lünen

42

Kim Jong-un

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea

*January 8th, 1984, Pyongyang

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Born on October 2nd, 1984
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Leap year

Yes: 1984 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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