October 2nd, 1987

Born on October 2nd, 1987

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 636 days, exactly on January 30th, 2026, people who were born on October 2nd, 1987 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and 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

Born on October 2nd, 1987

36

Trace Lysette

American actress

*October 2nd, 1987, Lexington

36

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.

American racing driver

*October 2nd, 1987, Olive Branch

36

Joe Ingles

Australian basketball player

*October 2nd, 1987, Adelaide

36

Dia Frampton

American musician

*October 2nd, 1987, Draper

36

Christopher Larkin

American actor

*October 2nd, 1987, Daegu

36

Phil Kessel

American ice hockey player

*October 2nd, 1987, Madison

36

Bojana Bobusic

Australian tennis player

*October 2nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Joshua Grothe

German actor, Stuntman and action choreographer

*October 2nd, 1987, Berlin

36

Ruan Lufei

Chinese chess player

*October 2nd, 1987, Nanjing

36

Joel Reinders

Canadian player of American football

*October 2nd, 1987, Oakville

36

Hina Khan

Indian actress

*October 2nd, 1987, Srinagar

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

34

Diamond Platnumz

Tanzanian artist, dancer, philanthropist and businessman

*October 2nd, 1989, Dar es Salaam

39

Marion Bartoli

French tennis player

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

26

Dardan

German rapper

*October 2nd, 1997, Stuttgart

33

Divine

Indian rapper

*October 2nd, 1990, Andheri

41

Tyson Chandler

American basketball player

*October 2nd, 1982, Hanford

34

George Nash

British rower

*October 2nd, 1989, Guildford

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

78

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian independence activist (1869–1948)

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

26

Tammy Abraham

English association football player

*October 2nd, 1997, Camberwell

50

Angel Espinosa

Cuban boxer (1966–2017)

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

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

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

44

Primož Brezec

Basketball player

*October 2nd, 1979, Postojna

83

Giuliano Sarti

Italian footballer (1933-2017)

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

44

Francisco Fonseca

Mexican footballer

*October 2nd, 1979, León de Los Aldama

21

Jacob Sartorius

American singer and Internet personality

*October 2nd, 2002, Tulsa

56

Suki Kaiser

Canadian actress

*October 2nd, 1967, Bangkok

37

Kiko Casilla

Spanish association football player

*October 2nd, 1986, Alcover

35

Antonio Parrinello

Italian bicycle racer

*October 2nd, 1988, Castelvetrano

32

Roberto Firmino

Brazilian association football player

*October 2nd, 1991, Maceió

94

Claude Taittinger

French businessperson

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

Same year
Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

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.

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Born on October 2nd, 1987
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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October 1987