Page 8: Historical Events In October - 02

1989  Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies on this day in history.   

1991  On October - 02 dimitrios I, patriarch/primus interparis orthodox Christians, dies   

1993  President Yeltsin declares a State of Emergency in Moscow on this day in history.   

1993  On October - 02 henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83   

1994  Faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity & Hope survive), dies at 95 on October - 02.   

1995  Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58   

1999  On this day in history china and Russia hail 50 years of diplomatic ties with the two neighbours' first joint naval exercises   

2005  20 people are killed in a shipwreck in Lake George, NY on October - 02.   

2006  Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-yr-old milk-truck driver, kills five female students at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before shooting himself on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history per Westerberg takes office as Speaker of the Riksdag in Sweden.   

2007  Los Ríos Region of Chile officially begins its functions as a new region on this day in history.   

2007  The second Inter-Korean Summit begins. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il meet in Pyongyang on October - 02.   

2012  20 students are gunned down in Mubi, Nigeria on this day in history.   

2014  On October - 02 15 people are killed after a gun powder plant explodes in Gorni Lom, Bulgaria   

2017  US scientists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young awarded Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for work on the body clock on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history uS First Lady Melania Trump arrives in Ghana to begin a four-nation tour of Africa   

2018  Saudi American journalist Jamal Khashoggi enters the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen again prompting a diplomatic crisis on October - 02.   

2018  Nobel prize in Physics awarded to Arthur Ashkin (optical tweezers), Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland ( both for laser beams) on this day in history.   

2018  On October - 02 washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia.   

2019  On October - 02 prince Harry , Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sue British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claiming it published her private letter   

2019  On October - 02 25 soldiers are killed and 60 missing following attacks on two army camps in Boulkessi and Mondoro, Mali.   

2020  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump announces via twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19, President hospitalized later that day   

2023  On October - 02 uS Postal Service issues a commemorative stamp honoring late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [1]   

2024  On October - 02 new Justice Department indictment against Donald Trump alleges he tried to subvert the 2020 transfer of power, taking into account Supreme Courts' immunity ruling for presidents [1]   

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1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on this day in history.   

1470  On October - 02 birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  On this day in history birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)   

1595  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on this day in history.   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on this day in history.   

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Guillaume Poitevin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer   

0472  On this day in history olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on this day in history.   

1113  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on this day in history.   

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on this day in history.   

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

1559  On October - 02 death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)   

1564  On October - 02 andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on this day in history.