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| October 2nd |
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| About October 2nd is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. October 2nd is the International Day of Non-Violence. Births 1833 - Rev. William Corby, famed Catholic priest 1881 - Clinton Davisson, physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate 1895 - Bud Abbott, actor, producer and comedian (Abbott and Costello) 1973 - Proof, rapper, hip hop artist (D12) Deaths 1803 - Samuel Adams, statesman, philosopher, U.S. Founding Father 1880 - Nat Turner, slave who led a large rebellion 2007 - George Grizzard, actor Events 1789 - George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments - The United States Bill of Rights - to the States for ratification. 1919 - Woodrow Wilson is left partially paralyzed after suffering a stroke. |
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