October 2nd Major News Events

2 Oct, 1963 Haiti Hurricane Flora

1963 : Hurricane Flora a massive storm kills 6,000 in Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad, and Tobago, Grenada, This was one of the worst storms on record for deaths and damage.

2 Oct, 1967 U.S.A. Thurgood Marshall

1967 : Thurgood Marshall took the oath of office to become the first African American member of the US Supreme Court.

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2 Oct, 1968 Mexico Student Riots

1968 : More than 25 people have been killed during a vicious gun battle in Mexico where Student riots threaten Mexico Olympics. Thousands of students had gathered to protest against the military occupation of the National Polytechnic Institute.

2 Oct, 1968 Great Britain Sextuplets

1968 : The first set of sextuplets born in Britain came as a result of a new fertility drug given to a new 30 year old mother after 10 years of trying to have a baby. One of the babies died shortly after birth but the other five are doing well at Birmingham Maternity Hospital.

2 Oct, 1971 U.S.A. Longshoremen Strikes

October 2nd, 1971 : Strikes By Miners and longshoremen cause docks and mines to close throughout the US with 140,000 on strike.

2 Oct, 1974 Study Shows Cannabis Can Kill Brain Cells

1974 : A new study has shown that the use of marijuana long term can kill human brain cells and causing personality disorders.

2 Oct, 1976 Mexico Hurricane Liza

October 2nd, 1976 : Hurricane Liza strikes at La Paz, Mexico leaving many hundreds dead and many thousand homeless as the hurricane breached the Cajoncito River.

2 Oct, 1983 England Neil Kinnock

1983 : Following a terrible showing in the spring general elections Neil Kinnock is elected as the new leader of the Labour Party.

2 Oct, 1985 England Riots

October 2nd, 1985 : In London and Liverpool gangs of black youths are continuing to fight with local police forces and rioting in areas where racial tension is at it's worst. The youths are making gasoline bombs which they are then using to firebomb shops in these areas.

2 Oct, 1985 U.S.A. Rock Hudson

1985 : The actor Rock Hudson died in his sleep, he had been suffering from the AIDS virus.

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2 Oct, 1993 Soviet Union Demonstrators

October 2nd, 1993 : Hard Line Pro Communist demonstrators fought running battles with security forces loyal to President Boris Yeltsin in Moscow. Many of the old style communists are unhappy with Yeltsin and his free market reforms.

2 Oct, 2000 Can Napster Survive

2000 : As the court battles continue over Napster breaking copyright laws, fans of the free music download service are asking can Napster survive the current onslaught. The Recording Industry Association of America is pressing on in the courts against Napster and against the owners of the individual nodes where most of the music is stored. Napster is a peer to peer music download service.

2 Oct, 2002 U.S.A. Sniper Attacks

2002 : The first victim of the sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. area, is shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot. The sniper was caught after 10 people are killed.

2 Oct, 2005 U.S.A. Ethan Allen Capsizes

2005 : The Ethan Allen capsizes on Lake George in upstate New York while on a pleasure cruise and twenty elderly passengers die.

2 Oct, 2005 U.S.A. Music Sharing

October 2nd, 2005 : The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed 757 lawsuits against people for illegally sharing music online. Most are for those who used peer-to-peer file-sharing networks such as eDonkey and LimeWire to exchange music files. And 64 are against students at 17 different universities who used the peer-to-peer file sharing program called i2hub.

2 Oct, 2006 U.S.A. Amish Killing

2006 : Charles Carl Roberts enters a one room Amish West Nickel Miles School, takes a number of hostages and kills four girls before committing suicide.

2 Oct, 2006 U.S.A. Nobel Prize Medicine

2006 : Doctors Craig Mello and Andrew Fire were awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine. The two genetics specialists pioneered research on RNA interference, and brought greater insight into gene expression.

2 Oct, 2007 U.S.A. Britney Spears

2007 : Pop singer, Britney Spears, is ordered to give her children to her ex-husband Kevin Federline, after a judge orders her to submit to alcohol and drug testing and give up her joint custody privileges.

2 Oct, 2008 $700bn Bailout Finance Industry

October 2nd, 2008 : The US Senate has approved a $700bn Bailout For the Finance Industry which will allow the US Government to buy toxic devalued assets from struggling firms to help kick-start the economy, these include troubled mortgage loans. In addition the bill Raises government's guarantee on savings from $100,000 to $250,000. The bill will now go to the US House of Representatives.

2 Oct, 2009 Brazil 2016 Summer Olympics

2009 : The 2016 Summer Olympics are awarded to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the shortlist came down to Chicago - U.S.A. , Madrid - Spain, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, and Tokyo - Japan. Many were shocked after Chicago is eliminated after the first and second rounds of voting and does not make the final two.

2 Oct, 2011 Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested

October 2nd, 2011 : Over 700 protesters were arrested while trying to cross the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The protesters were part of the Occupy Wall Street movement and had been returning to their camp when they encountered police. Police forces claimed that they started arresting people who refused to walk on the pedestrian walkway, while protesters claim that they had been allowed onto the road by police who then surrounded them.

2 Oct, 2012 Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Struck Down

2012 : A judge in Pennsylvania blocked a law in the state that would have required voters to show a valid ID for the upcoming November 4th election. The judge, however, did not block the law from being implemented in future elections.

2 Oct, 2013 South Korea and United States Sign Pact

2013 : The US and South Korea sign a military pact meant to deter the increasingly aggressive North Korea. US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel along with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin signed the pact in Seoul.