Page 8: Historical Events In October - 02

1989  On October - 02 liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies   

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

1993  On this day in history president Yeltsin declares a State of Emergency in Moscow   

1993  On this day in history henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83   

1994  On October - 02 faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity & Hope survive), dies at 95   

1995  On this day in history elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher, dies at 67   

1996  Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58 on this day in history.   

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

2005  On this day in history 20 people are killed in a shipwreck in Lake George, NY.   

2006  On October - 02 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.   

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

2007  On October - 02 los Ríos Region of Chile officially begins its functions as a new region.   

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  On this day in history 20 students are gunned down in Mubi, Nigeria   

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

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

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

2018  Saudi American journalist Jamal Khashoggi enters the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen again prompting a diplomatic crisis on this day in history.   

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

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

2019  Prince Harry , Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sue British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claiming it published her private letter on this day in history.   

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

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

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 October - 02.   

1470  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524) was born on this day in history.   

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.   

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver   

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

1644  On October - 02 birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)   

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

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

0472  Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies on this day in history.   

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

1113  On October - 02 mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

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 this day in history andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

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