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On October 2, 829, Theophilos succeeded his father Michael II as sole Byzantine emperor. He had already served as co-emperor since 821.
This was the start of his sole rule, rather than his earlier appointment as co-emperor. The historical date has not been converted to the modern Gregorian calendar.
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The Battle of Andernach, between the followers and the opponents of King Otto I of Germany, took place on 2 October 939 in Andernach on the Rhine river and ended with a decisive defeat of the rebels and the death of their leaders. Duke Eberhard of Franconia, a scion of the Conradine dynasty, had been a loyal supporter of the Liudolfing king Henry I of Germany (919–936).
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The siege of Jerusalem lasted from 20 September to 2 October 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to the forces of the Ayyubid Sultanate under sultan Saladin. Earlier that summer, Egyptian forces under Saladin had defeated the kingdom's army and conquered several cities. Balian was charged with organizing a defense. The city was full of refugees but had few soldiers.
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The Battle of Largs (2 October 1263) was an indecisive engagement between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland near Largs, Scotland. The conflict formed part of the Norwegian expedition against Scotland in 1263, in which Haakon Haakonarson, King of Norway attempted to reassert Norwegian sovereignty over the western seaboard of Scotland. Since the beginning of the 12th century this region had lain within the Norwegian realm, ruled by magnates who recognised the overlordship of the Kings of Norway. However, in the mid-13th century, two Scottish kings, Alexander II and his son Alexander III, attempted to incorporate the region into their own realm.
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The siege of Zierikzee (1351) took place during the first of the Hook and Cod wars.
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An Anglo-Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince, conducted a large-scale chevauchée (mounted raid) between 4 August and 2 October 1356 as a part of the Hundred Years' War. The war had broken out in 1337, but a truce and the ravages of the Black Death had restricted the extent of the fighting since 1347. By 1355 the French king, John II, was determined to resume full-scale war.
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The Battle of Kruševac was fought on October 2, 1454 between the forces of the Serbian Despotate, allied with the Kingdom of Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. In 1454 the Ottomans launched a major invasion against Serbia, at the helm of which was the Sultan himself, Mehmed the Conqueror. On the Morava River, sultan Mehmed II left Firuz Bey and 32,000 of his troops to resist any possible counterattacks by the Serbs. The Serbs did not hesitate to make the first move and the two armies met. The battle allowed John Hunyadi and the Serbs to launch a major offensive against the Turks, ravaging Niš and Pirot, and burning down Vidin.
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On October 2, 1470, Edward IV sailed from England into exile during the rebellion led by the Earl of Warwick. He took refuge in the lands of the Duke of Burgundy.
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The Battle of Sauðafell (Orrustan á Sauðafelli) occurred in 1550, when the forces of Catholic Bishop Jón Arason clashed with the forces of Daði Guðmundsson of Snóksdalur.
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The Siege of Kazan, also known as the Fall of Kazan, was the decisive military campaign of the Russo-Kazan Wars in 1552 that resulted in the capture of Kazan and the annexation of the Khanate of Kazan by the Tsardom of Russia. The siege began on 23 August 1552 and ended with the capture of the city on 2 October.
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The Spanish Fury at Mechelen (Dutch: Spaanse Furie in Mechelen) was an event in the Eighty Years' War on October 2, 1572 in which the city of Mechelen was conquered by the Spanish army and brutally sacked.
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The siege of Kinsale (Irish: Léigear Chionn tSáile), also known as the battle of Kinsale, was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland, commencing in October 1601, near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and at the climax of the Nine Years' War—a campaign by Hugh O'Neill, Hugh Roe O'Donnell and other Irish lords against English rule.
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The raid on the Kerkennah Islands of 1611 was a naval attack by Spanish commander Álvaro de Bazán y Benavides against the Kerkennah Islands, in Ottoman Tunisia. It resulted in a victory of the Spanish and its Italian allies over the local Ottomans and Barbary corsairs.
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The Chongzhen Emperor (6 February 1611 – 25 April 1644), temple name Ming Sizong, personal name Zhu Youjian, courtesy name Deyue, was the 17th and last emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1627 to 1644. He succeeded his elder brother, the Tianqi Emperor. "Chongzhen", the era name of his reign, means "honorable and auspicious." Zhu Youjian was son of the Taichang Emperor.
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The Capture of Delhi took place in 1788 between the forces of Ghulam Qadir Rohilla supported by Mirza Ismail Beg, and the Marathas under Mahadji Shinde on behalf of Shah Alam II who desired the execution of Ghulam Kadir. Mahadji Shinde became successful and executed Kadir after the battle.
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An election to the House of Representatives for the Third Congress was held for Delaware's single seat on October 2, 1792.
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The 1792 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1792. It was the first popular gubernatorial election following ratification of the Delaware Constitution of 1792. The Federalist incumbent president of Delaware Joshua Clayton defeated the Anti-Federalist former delegate to the Delaware constitutional convention Thomas Montgomery and the Anti-Federalist councilor George Mitchell.
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The Battle of Aldenhoven or Battle of the Roer (2 October 1794) saw a Republican French army commanded by Jean Baptiste Jourdan attack a Habsburg Austrian army under François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt which was defending the line of the Roer River. The key crossing was won by the French right wing at Düren after heavy fighting. The Austrian retreat from the Roer conceded control of the west bank of the Rhine River to France. The battle occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of a wider conflict called the Wars of the French Revolution.
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Battle of Bydgoszcz took place on 2 October 1794 during the Kościuszko Uprising. It involved Polish–Lithuanian forces led by Jan Henryk Dąbrowski against Prussia led by Johann Friedrich Székely. It ended with a Polish–Lithuanian victory.
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The Battle of Biberach was fought on 2 October 1796 between a First French Republic army led by Jean Victor Marie Moreau and a Habsburg Austrian army led by Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour. The French army paused in its retreat toward the Rhine River to savage the pursuing Austrians. The action occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Biberach an der Riss is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Ulm. During the summer of 1796, the two armies of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan in the north and Moreau in the south advanced into southern Germany.
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The 1798 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on October 2, 1798. The incumbent Representative James A. Bayard Sr. won reelection.
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The 1798 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1798. The Federalist chief justice of the Delaware Court of Common Pleas Richard Bassett defeated the Democratic-Republican candidate David Hall.
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The Battle of Alkmaar (also sometimes called the Second Battle of Bergen or the Battle of Egmond-aan-Zee) was fought on 2 October 1799 between forces of the French Republic and her ally, the Batavian Republic under the command of general Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, and an expeditionary force from Great Britain and her ally Russia, commanded by Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany in the vicinity of Alkmaar during the Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland. Though the battle ended in a tactical draw, the Anglo-Russians were in a position at the end of the battle that favored them slightly in a strategic sense.
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The 1804 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1804. The Federalist prothonotary from Sussex County Nathaniel Mitchell defeated the Democratic-Republican candidate Joseph Haslet.
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The 1810 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1810. The Democratic-Republican candidate Joseph Haslet defeated the Federalist former judge of the Delaware Court of Common Pleas Daniel Rodney.
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A special election was held October 2, 1827 in Delaware's at-large congressional district to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Louis McLane (J) before the start of Congress, after being elected to the Senate.
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The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican Army soldiers. In 1831, Green DeWitt asked the Mexican authorities to lend the Gonzales colonists a cannon to help protect them from frequent Comanche raids.
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The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion by Anglo-American immigrants as well as Hispanic Texans (known as Texians and Tejanos respectively) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Although the uprising was part of a larger revolt that included other provinces opposed to the regime of President Miguel Barragán and General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican government believed the United States had instigated the Texas insurrection with the goal of annexation.
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The 1837 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1837, to elect the governor of Georgia. In a major upset, thanks in part to the Panic of 1837, Whig State Rights candidate and Ex-Governor George R. Gilmer beat incumbent Democratic Union Governor Willam Schley.
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The 1843 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1843, to elect the governor of Georgia. Whig candidate George W. Crawford defeated the Democratic challenger Mark A. Cooper and was elected Governor.
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The 1844 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1844, in order to elect the Governor of Maryland. Whig nominee and former member of the Maryland House of Delegates Thomas Pratt narrowly defeated Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th district James Carroll.
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The Battle of Mulegé was an American attack on Mulegé, Baja California Sur, during the Mexican–American War. On 2 October 1847, United States Marines and sailors fought with Mexican militia.
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The election to the United States House of Representatives in Florida for the 31st Congress was held October 2, 1848. This election was held at the same time as the election for Governor of Florida.
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The 1848 Florida gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1848. Whig nominee Thomas Brown defeated the Democratic nominee William Bailey.
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The 1850 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1850, in order to elect the Governor of Maryland. Democratic nominee and former member of the Maryland House of Delegates Enoch Louis Lowe narrowly defeated Whig nominee William B. Clarke.
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The 1854 United States House of Representatives election in Florida was held on Monday, October 2, 1854, to elect the single United States Representative from the state of Florida, one from the state's single at-large congressional district, to represent Florida in the 34th Congress. The election coincided with the elections of other offices, including the senatorial election and various state and local elections.
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The Battle of Chatra was a conflict that took place during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 between the East India Company and the mutinying sepoys who were allied certain local zamindars. The rebels had amassed a force of 3000 men and had taken the town of Chatra which is located in the Chota Nagpur Division. It was a crucial and bloody military engagement fought on October 2, 1857, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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The 1861 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1861, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. It was the first gubernatorial election in Georgia under the Confederate States of America and saw Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor Joseph E. Brown win a third term against Anti-Brown Democratic nominee Judge E. A. Nisbet.
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On October 2, 1864, Union troops attacked Confederate positions near Saltville, Virginia, but were driven back. This was the First Battle of Saltville.
The killing of wounded Union prisoners followed the battle; accounts also document hospital killings on October 3.
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The 1865 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on October 2, 1865. Benjamin G. Humphreys defeated Ephraim S. Fisher and William S. Patton. Andrew Johnson appointed William L. Sharkey provisional governor of Mississippi following the conclusion of the American Civil War. A prewar Whig and member of the Antebellum planter class, Sharkey's background reflected the profile of the Southern Unionist planters and entrepreneurs whose support Johnson sought for his planned bid for re-election.
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The Siege of Ura-Tyube (27 September–2 October 1866) was part of an unapproved Russian military operation during the Russian conquest of Bukhara and Russo-Kokand War. The operation was led by Military Governor Dmitry Romanovsky and aimed to capture several settlements on the Russo-Bukharan border including Ura-Tyube. Ura-Tyube had declared independence from the Emirate of Bukhara several months before the siege, and sent horsemen to harass Romanovsky's forces, stationed in Khujand after its capture.
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The capture of Rome (Italian: Presa di Roma) occurred on 20 September 1870, as forces of the Kingdom of Italy took control of the city and of the Papal States. After a plebiscite held on 2 October 1870, Rome was officially made capital of Italy on 3 February 1871, completing the unification of Italy (Risorgimento).
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The 1872 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1872, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor James Milton Smith defeated Republican nominee and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia Dawson A. Walker.
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The Treaty of Livadia was an unequal treaty between the Russian Empire and the Chinese Qing dynasty signed in Livadiya, Crimea, on 2 October 1879, wherein Russia agreed to return a portion of the lands it had occupied in Xinjiang during the Dungan Revolt of 1862–1877, even though Qing forces obtained the area.
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On October 2, 1895, the Guangxu Emperor approved Sheng Xuanhuai’s proposal to establish a university in Tianjin. The institution developed into Peiyang University and later Tianjin University.
The date records approval for the founding, rather than the first day of classes.
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The 1901 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 October 1901 to elect members of the 33rd House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
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The 1908 Richmond state by-election was held on 2 October 1908 to elect the member for Richmond in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of United Liberal Party (ULP) MP George Henry Bennett. Labor candidate Ted Cotter won the seat with a swing of more than 36%, defeating ULP candidate William Wishart.
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 October 1909 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This election used contingent voting, at least in the single-member districts. Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".
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An opening ceremony took place at Nankou for the railway linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou. Zhan Tianyou led the Chinese engineering team that surveyed, designed and built the route.
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The 1912 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1912, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and former Acting Governor of Georgia John M. Slaton ran unopposed and subsequently won the election.
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The Battle of Báránykút was a military engagement during the Battle of Transylvania, at the beginning of the Romanian Campaign of World War I. It consisted of a German offensive that was successfully repulsed by the Romanians, who then carried out a largely unhindered tactical retreat.
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 October 1917. The general voter turnout was higher than in previous elections. The Social Democrats lost the absolute majority that they had had in the previous two elections (although they, like the other parties, had increased their number of votes in absolute terms).
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The Second Battle of Durazzo, or the Bombardment of Durazzo was a naval battle fought in the Adriatic Sea during the First World War. A large allied fleet led by the Regia Marina attacked the enemy-held port at Durazzo, Albania. The fleet destroyed the Austro-Hungarian shore defenses and skirmished with a small naval force. Allied forces involved primarily were Italian though British, American and Australian warships also participated.
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On October 2, 1918, Bulgarian government forces captured Radomir from the soldiers who had risen against the government. The recapture suppressed the Radomir Rebellion.
Bulgaria’s armistice had been signed on September 29; Ferdinand I abdicated on October 3.
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On October 2, 1918, about 195 Finnish volunteers from Toivo Kuisma’s detachment reached Finland after withdrawing from White Karelia.
This records the return of Kuisma’s group, rather than the end of every Finnish operation in the region.
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The Fifth Battle of Ypres, also called the Advance in Flanders and the Battle of the Peaks of Flanders (French: Bataille des Crêtes de Flandres) is an informal name of First World War battles in northern France and southern Belgium (Flanders) from late September to October 1918.
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The Charge at Khan Ayash occurred on 2 October 1918 about 17 miles (27 km) north of Damascus after the pursuit to, and capture of Damascus, which followed the decisive Egyptian Expeditionary Force victory at the Battle of Megiddo on 25 September during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. After Damascus had been encircled by Desert Mounted Corps on 30 September, the 3rd Light Horse Brigade advanced through the city on 1 October to charge and capture remnants of the Ottoman Yildirim Army Group withdrawing along the road north to Rayak and Homs.
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In his London laboratory, John Logie Baird used an experimental mechanical television system to transmit the face of a ventriloquist’s dummy. His earlier experiments had produced silhouettes.
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Opus Dei (Latin for 'Work of God') is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church founded in Spain on 2 October 1928 by Josemaría Escrivá. The prelature states that it helps lay and clerical members pursue holiness through everyday occupations and social responsibilities. The Holy See granted final approval in 1950 under Pope Pius XII. In 1982 Pope John Paul II affirmed its status as a personal prelature through the apostolic constitution Ut sit.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 October 1930. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament with 66 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 65.9%.
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On October 2, 1932, Colonel Herculano de Carvalho deposed São Paulo’s state government and assumed interim power. The change marked the end of the Constitutionalist Revolution against Brazil’s federal government.
This records the transfer of political authority; fighting and disarmament were not a single action completed everywhere at once.
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The 1937 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 October 1937 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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On October 2, 1937, Rafael Trujillo spoke at a celebration in Dajabón in the Dominican Republic. He acknowledged killings of Haitians that had already taken place and said they would continue.
The killings had already begun; this date records Trujillo’s public statement.
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The Battle of Kock was the final battle in the Invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II in Europe. It took place between 2–5 October 1939, near the town of Kock, in Poland. The Polish Polesie Independent Operational Group, led by General Franciszek Kleeberg, fought the German 14th Motorised Corps, led by General Gustav Anton von Wietersheim.
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The Battle of Hel (Polish: Obrona Helu, literally "the Defense of Hel") was a World War II engagement fought from 1 September to 2 October 1939 on the Hel Peninsula, of the Baltic Sea coast, between invading German forces and defending Polish units during the German invasion of Poland (also known in Polish historiography as the September Campaign).
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
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The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, between October 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defensive effort thwarted Germany's attack on Moscow, the capital and largest city of the Soviet Union.
This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.
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On 2 October 1943, a by-election was held for Auburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly after Jack Lang resigned his seat. Lang stood again and was re-elected, receiving 57.89% of the primary vote.
This is the 1943 by-election, not the separate 1946 Auburn by-election.
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On October 2, 1943, Australia’s 20th Infantry Brigade entered Finschhafen in New Guinea after advancing from Scarlet Beach. Japanese forces had begun withdrawing from the town.
The landing at Scarlet Beach had taken place in September; this entry records the advance into Finschhafen.
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The second Smolensk operation (code naming "Suvorov"; 7 August – 2 October 1943) was a Soviet strategic offensive operation conducted by the Red Army as part of the Summer-Autumn Campaign of 1943. Staged almost simultaneously with the Lower Dnieper Offensive (13 August – 22 September), the offensive lasted two months and was led by General Andrei Yeremenko, commanding the Kalinin Front, and Vasily Sokolovsky, commanding the Western Front.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
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On October 2, 1944, representatives of the Polish Home Army and the German command concluded an agreement at Ożarów near Warsaw to end hostilities in the city. The agreement provided for a ceasefire that evening.
The agreement and ceasefire preceded the insurgents’ later disarmament and departure.
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The Battle of Maguwo (Indonesian: Pertempuran Maguwo) was a battle between the newly founded Indonesian People's Security Agency against the Imperial Japanese military, which occurred on 2 October 1945 in Yogyakarta.
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The 1948 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held to choose a leader for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The convention was held at the Ottawa Coliseum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Voting occurred on October 2, 1948. Premier of Ontario George A. Drew was elected as the party's new leader.
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Charles Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts appeared in seven American newspapers. It introduced Charlie Brown, with Snoopy joining the strip a few days later.
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On 2 October 1954, an exhibition on Soviet economic and cultural achievements opened at Beijing’s newly built Soviet Exhibition Hall.
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The 1956 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 October 1956 to elect members of the 31st General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.
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On October 2, 1958, Guinea proclaimed independence from France. Its Territorial Assembly declared independence and became a sovereign National Assembly, following the September 28 referendum.
The independence proclamation followed the referendum held four days earlier.
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The 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on 2 October 1966 to determine the winners of the 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 3rd season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland.
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The clerk administered the judicial oath to Thurgood Marshall in the Supreme Court courtroom. Marshall was the first African American justice on the Court.
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On October 2, 1968, Mexican forces opened fire during a student rally at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco, Mexico City. The massacre killed an uncertain number of people.
The massacre occurred ten days before the opening of the Mexico City Olympics.
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The 22nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 October 1969 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival was highlighted for its continued focus on first and second films from directors and for bringing a bigger audience to the Czech New Wave.
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In clear and calm weather at 1:14 p.m. on Friday, October 2, 1970, a chartered Martin 4-0-4 airliner crashed into a mountain eight miles (13 km) west of Silver Plume, Colorado. Operated by Golden Eagle Aviation, the twin-engined propliner carried 37 passengers and a crew of three; 29 were killed at the scene and two later died of their injuries while under medical care. It was one of a two-aircraft flight carrying the Wichita State University football team to Logan, Utah, for a game against Utah State University; the second aircraft flew a different route and arrived safely in Utah.
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British European Airways Flight 706 (BE706/BEA706) was a scheduled international passenger flight from London, England to Salzburg, Austria. On 2 October 1971, whilst en route at 19,000 feet (5,791 m), the pressure bulkhead of the Vickers Vanguard at the rear of the cabin failed. The resulting depressurisation of the tail section caused the surfaces of the tailplanes to separate.
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Presidential elections were held in South Vietnam on 2 October 1971. After the opposition candidates Dương Văn Minh and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ withdrew their candidacies (most opposition figures had already been banned from the ballot), incumbent President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was the only candidate, receiving 100% of the vote. Thiệu's victory in this election officially marked his second term in office.
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The 1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny was an attempted coup staged on 2 October 1977 by members of Bangladesh Air Force and the Signal Corps of Bangladesh Army, which took place while negotiations were ongoing between the Bangladesh government and the Japanese Red Army, who had hijacked a plane and diverted it to Dhaka airport.
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On October 2, 1980, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 376–30 to expel Michael J. Myers following his bribery conviction. He was the first House member expelled since the Civil War.
His criminal conviction preceded the expulsion vote.
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Presidential elections were held in Iran on 2 October 1981 following the assassination of president Mohammad-Ali Rajai. Ali Khamenei was elected with 95% of the vote.
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A deputy leadership election for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom took place on 2 October 1983 to replace incumbent Deputy Leader Denis Healey. Healey had served in the position since 1980, becoming deputy leader at the same time that Michael Foot became party leader. Foot and Healey had both announced their resignations following the general election on 9 June 1983, in which a disastrous performance left the Labour Party with just 209 seats in parliament.
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The 1983 Labour Party leadership election was an election in the United Kingdom for the leadership of the Labour Party. It occurred when Michael Foot resigned as Leader after the party won only 209 seats at the 1983 general election, a loss of 60 seats from its performance at the previous election four years earlier. This was the worst showing for Labour since 1935.
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The 1984 Anchorage mayoral election was held on October 2, 1984, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw reelection of Tony Knowles. Since at least one candidate (in this instance, two candidates) had received 40% of the vote (which at least one candidate was required to obtain to avoid a runoff), no runoff was needed.
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Excavators at the Jinniushan site in Liaoning uncovered the skull of an early human. It was part of a partial skeleton later studied by Peking University archaeologists.
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A deputy leadership election for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom took place on 2 October 1988 when John Prescott and Eric Heffer challenged Labour's incumbent Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley. Hattersley had served in the position since 1983. The election was conducted using the Labour Party's Electoral College. Delegates at Labour Party conference voted in the election, with 40% of votes going to affiliated unions, 30% to constituency parties and 30% to the Parliamentary Labour Party.
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The 1988 Labour Party leadership election saw Tony Benn, identified with the left wing of the British Labour Party, challenge the incumbent leader Neil Kinnock identified with the more moderate social democratic wing. Kinnock won the election with 89% of the vote and remained Leader until 1992, when he resigned the leadership following Labour's defeat in the 1992 United Kingdom general election.
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On 2 October 1990, a hijacked Boeing 737-200, operating Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301, collided with two other aircraft at the old Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport while attempting to land. The hijacked aircraft struck parked China Southwest Airlines Flight 4305 first, a Boeing 707, inflicting only minor damage, but then collided with CAAC Flight 3523, a Boeing 757 waiting to take off, flipping onto its back.
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The 1990 Anchorage mayoral election was held on October 2 and October 30, 1990, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw reelection of Tom Fink. Since at no candidate received 40% of the vote in the first round (which at least one candidate was required to obtain to avoid a runoff), a runoff was held between the top-two finishers of the first round.
This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.
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On 2 October 1991, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology held its opening and began teaching.
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NWA Bloodfest was a professional wrestling live event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) on October 1 and October 2, 1993. The event was held in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. NWA Bloodfest was the second ECW event to be produced by Paul Heyman, who had taken over booking of the promotion from Tod Gordon earlier that year.
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On October 2, 1993, forces loyal to Georgia’s ousted president Zviad Gamsakhurdia attacked and captured the Black Sea port of Poti.
This was the rebel capture of the port, before later attempts to retake it.
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The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 2 October 1994 for the leadership including chairman, two vice-chairman posts and 27 members of the 3rd Central Committee of the new Democratic Party in Hong Kong. It was held at the first party congress on the establishment day of the Democratic Party. Well-known popular democrat activist, Chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong Martin Lee became the first Chairman, while Anthony Cheung, the Chairman of the Meeting Point, and Yeung Sum became the two Vice-Chairmen.
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The 1994 Asian Games (1994年アジア競技大会), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games (第12回アジア競技大会) or simply Hiroshima 1994 (広島1994), were held from October 2 to 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first Asian Games in history to be hosted in a non-capital city. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations.
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Aeroperú Flight 603 was a scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, United States, to Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, with stopovers in Quito, Ecuador, and Lima, Peru. On October 2, 1996, the Boeing 757 aircraft flying the final leg of the flight crashed into the Pacific Ocean. There were no survivors among 70 people on board.
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On October 2, 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 into law. The amendments clarified that the Freedom of Information Act applied to electronic records and expanded public access to government information.
This is the signing date; Congress had passed the bill in September.
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The 1999 Rebellion was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. It was the inaugural Rebellion and took place on October 2, 1999, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
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The 1999 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held October 2, 1999, in Secaucus, New Jersey, alongside the 1999 Women's Pro Extravaganza. It was the 20th Ms. Olympia competition held.
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The 2001 Albuquerque mayoral election took place on October 2, 2001. Incumbent Mayor Jim Baca ran for re-election to a second term. He faced a crowded field of competitors, including former Mayor Martin Chávez, the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1998; former District Attorney Bob Schwartz; City Councilors Mike McEntee and Alan Armijo; and former State Treasurer James B. Lewis.
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On October 2, 2002, a 55-year-old man was shot dead in a parking lot in Wheaton, Maryland. It was the first fatal shooting in the October series of Beltway sniper attacks.
The perpetrators had carried out other shootings earlier in 2002. This entry concerns the October series around Washington.
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The following riding results occurred during the 2003 Ontario general election held on October 2, 2003.
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General elections were held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the province of Ontario, Canada. The election was called on September 2 by Premier Ernie Eves in the wake of supporting polls for the governing Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the days following the 2003 North American blackout.
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Municipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October 2004 to elect mayors and assemblies in 144 municipalities and cities.
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Thirteen runners joined a timed five-kilometer run at Bushy Park in London. It grew into the event series known as parkrun.
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The 2005 Styrian state election was held on 2 October 2005 to elect the members of the Landtag of Styria. The result was a historic defeat for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), who had governed the state uninterrupted since 1945. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) became the largest party on a swing of over nine percentage points.
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The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Galway. It was Cork's first final and Galway's second. Galway were also the reigning champions, having won the 2004 final. Galway led 0–4 to 0–3 at half-time, but Player of the Match, Valerie Mulcahy, subsequently scored 1–5 to help Cork win their first All-Ireland title. Cork eventually won 1–11 to 0–8.
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On October 2, 2006, a mass shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Pennsylvania. 32-year-old Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot ten girls (aged 6–13), killing six (five in the initial incident, and a sixth who succumbed to her injuries in 2024), before dying by suicide in the schoolhouse.
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The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Armagh. Armagh led 1–4 to 0–3 at half-time but a goal from player of the match, Nollaig Cleary, helped Cork to a one-point win. It was also the second of five consecutive All-Ireland finals that Cork would win between 2005 and 2009. The Armagh team featured Caroline O'Hanlon, a Northern Ireland netball international.
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A provincial by-election was held in Nova Scotia on 2 October 2007 to fill the vacancy in the House of Assembly riding of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. The byelection resulted from the resignation of New Democrat MLA Kevin Deveaux. New Democrat Becky Kent won the byelection by almost 600 votes.
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On October 2, 2007, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun walked across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea. He was travelling to Pyongyang for talks with Kim Jong-il.
The crossing took place on the first day of the October 2–4 summit visit.
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On 2 October 2007, the Special Olympics World Summer Games opened in Shanghai.
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MFC 22: Payoff was a mixed martial arts event held by the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC), it was held on October 2, 2009, at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta. It featured the return of Jason MacDonald, who was competing in his first fight since being released by the UFC, against Travis Lutter, also competing in his first fight since being released by the UFC.
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K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It was the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters. The winners have qualified for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final held on December 11, 2010 at Yokohama Arena, Japan. The eight finalists from K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final were automatically qualified, except Remy Bonjasky who could not compete. The eighth spot was filled by K-1 Heavyweight champion, Keijiro Maeda then two World GP 2010 tournament winners from the Bucharest and Canberra.
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Guerra de Empresas (2010) (Spanish for "War of the Promotions") was the first annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on October 2, 2010 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. IWRG's Guerra de Empresas series of events all center around inter-promotional competition with tag teams representing IWRG as well as a number of other wrestling promotions represented by one or more tag teams. While wrestlers all represented their "home" promotion most had competed on IWRG events prior to this event, either through IWRG's working relationship with AAA or due to be in independent contractors and not signed exclusively with one specific wrestling promotion.
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The 2010 Indian Federation Cup final was the 32nd final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 2 October 2010. East Bengal won the final 1–0, to successfully retain and claim their seventh Federation Cup title. Reisangmei Vashum scored the solitary goal for the Red and Gold brigade in the 53rd minute from Robin Singh's lay-off pass.
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The 2010 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the re-election of incumbent Democrat Cedric Glover who defeated Republican Bryan Wooley in the runoff to win a second term in office. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on October 2, 2010, and as no candidate obtained the required majority, the general election followed on November 2, 2010.
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Brisbane Open House (BOH) is a free annual event which allows the public to discover the architecture, engineering and history in buildings and places in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Selected buildings are open to the public with guided and self-guided tours encouraging visitors to explore Brisbane's built environment. The event is organised by the Queensland Government Architect, the Brisbane Development Association, and the National Trust of Queensland.
The inaugural Brisbane Open House took place on 2 October 2010, and featured 20 buildings in the CBD and South Bank.
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The Igunga by-election was a by-election held for the Tanzanian parliamentary constituency of Igunga in Tabora Region. It was triggered by the resignation of Rostam Aziz, the previous Member of Parliament (MP) who had held the seat for the Chama Cha Mapinduzi since 1994. The by-election took place on 2 October 2011 and the CCM candidate won by 50.46%.
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Hell in a Cell (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE and presented by WowWee's Light Strike that took place on October 2, 2011 at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the third annual Hell in a Cell event. Seven matches took place at the event. The event received 182,000 pay-per-view buys, down from 210,000 buys the previous year.
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The 2015 Uprising was the fourth Uprising professional wrestling supershow promoted by the British Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), in partnership with the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The event was held on October 2, 2015 in the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England. The event marked the first collaborative event held by RPW and NJPW.
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The 2015 Afghan Premier League Final was the final match of the 2015 Afghan Premier League, the 4th season of Afghanistan's premier club football tournament organised by Roshan. The match took place on Friday, 2 October 2015, at the AFF Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, between Greater Kabul Region Shaheen Asmayee and Eastern region De Spin Ghar Bazan. It was the fourth tournament final since the establishment of Afghan Premier League.
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On October 2, 2015, the first elimination round of the CMLL Universal Championship took place at Arena México in Mexico City.
This is the first elimination round, rather than the final held on October 16.
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On October 2, 2015, Zac Goldsmith was announced as the Conservative Party’s candidate for the 2016 London mayoral election. He received 70.6% of the selection ballot.
This was the candidate selection result, not the election of London’s mayor.
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On October 2, 2016, AAA held its Héroes Inmortales X professional wrestling event at Arena Monterrey in Mexico. The annual show honoured the promotion’s late founder, Antonio Peña.
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Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 2 October 2016. Incumbent President Jorge Carlos Fonseca of the Movement for Democracy (MpD) was re-elected with 74.08% of the vote.
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Municipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October 2016 to elect mayors and assemblies in 144 municipalities and cities. A total of 3,263,906 voters were registered in the Central Voters’ Register, including 65,111 by-mail voters. Around 25,000 citizens voted at polling stations in diplomatic representations abroad. 30,000 candidates were contesting the election for 2,835 local councillors, 301 city councillors, 131 municipal mayors and 12 city majors.
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The Brazilian municipal elections of 2016 took place on 2 October 2016 and on 30 October 2016 (for cities with more than 200,000 voters, where the second round is available). Electors chose mayors, vice-mayors and city councillors of all 5,568 cities of the country. The partisan conventions took place between 20 July and 5 August. The party political broadcast started on 26 August and ended on 29 September.
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The 2016 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo on the 2 October 2016. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and 55 City Councillors for the administration of the city. The result was a 1st round victory for João Doria of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), winning 3,085,187 votes and a share of 53,28% of the popular vote, defeating incumbent mayor Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party (PT), who took 967,190 votes and a share of 16,70% of the popular vote.
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The 2016 Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on October 2, 2016, at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida, the first time since the inaugural 2005 event to be held at the venue. It was the twelfth event in the Bound for Glory chronology, and the last live pay-per-view event under the TNA name until the 2024 Hard To Kill event.
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The 2016 FA WSL Cup final was the sixth final of the FA WSL Cup, England's secondary cup competition for women's football teams and its primary league cup tournament. Manchester City defeated Birmingham 1-0 in extra time.
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Presidential elections were held in Iraq on 2 October 2018 to elect the President of Iraq for a four-year term via indirect suffrage by the Council of Representatives. The result was a win for Barham Salih, who received 219 votes. The position is largely ceremonial, with Iraq being a parliamentary system. There were 31 candidates for the election, with only seven being approved to run.
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On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist, was killed by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi was ambushed and strangled by a 15-member squad of Saudi operatives. His body was dismembered and disposed of in a manner that was never publicly revealed.
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On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress privately owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Seven of the thirteen people on board were killed, and the other six, as well as one person on the ground, were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by fire, with only a portion of one wing and the tail remaining.
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The AEW Dynamite Debut episode was the pilot episode for the American television program AEW Dynamite, produced by the professional wrestling promotion of All Elite Wrestling. The show took place on October 2, 2019, and was broadcast live on TNT from the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The event marked the first time a professional wrestling event aired on TNT since the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro aired on March 26, 2001.
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Amapola and La Metálica won the opening qualifying block for the vacant Mexican National Women’s Tag Team Championship at Arena México.
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Fightland (2021) was a professional wrestling television special produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which was held on October 2, 2021 and was the third event under the Fightland chronology. Matches from the event were taped for MLW programming; the main card aired as a one-hour special on October 7, 2021 on Vice TV, while other matches would air as part of the mini-series, MLW Fusion: Alpha, on MLW's YouTube channel and BeIN Sports USA.
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UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker (also known as UFC Fight Night 193, UFC Vegas 38 and UFC on ESPN+ 51) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 2, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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The 2021 Georgian local elections (Georgian: საქართველოს ადგილობრივი თვითმმართველობის ორგანოების არჩევნები) were held on 2 and 30 October to elect the bodies of local government of Georgia. The voters elected 2,068 representatives in the 64 municipal assemblies (sakrebulo) and 64 mayors. The ruling Georgian Dream party secured victory in all mayoral elections except that in Tsalenjikha but lost its majority in 7 out of 64 municipal assemblies.
This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.
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The 2022 Paraná state election took place in the state of Paraná, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, 30 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 54 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor, Ratinho Júnior, of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), was reelected in the first round with 69.64% of the votes.
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General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October 2022. They decided the makeup of the presidency as well as national, entity and cantonal governments. Christian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, imposed changes to the country's electoral law hours after voting ended for the election.
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The 2022 Bahia state election took place in the state of Bahia, Brazil on 2 October 2022. The elections saw voters choose a Governor and Vice Governor, one Senator, 39 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 63 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor, Rui Costa, of the Workers' Party (PT), was not eligible for a third term since he ran for governor in 2014 and 2018.
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The 2022 Minas Gerais state elections took place in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a governor, vice governor, one senator, 53 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 77 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent governor, Romeu Zema, a member of the New Party, was eligible for a second term, and intended to run for reelection.
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The 2022 Open Internacional de San Sebastián was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in San Sebastián, Spain between 26 September and 2 October 2022.
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The 2022 Pernambuco state elections took place in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a governor, vice governor, one senator, 25 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 49 Legislative Assembly members. Paulo Câmara, the incumbent governor of Pernambuco, was reelected in the first round in 2018 Pernambuco gubernatorial election, with 1,918,219 votes, the equivalent to 50.70% of the valid votes.
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The 2022 Rio de Janeiro state election took place in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a governor, vice governor, one senator, two alternate senator, 46 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 70 Legislative Assembly members, with a possible second round to be held on 30 October 2022.
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The 2022 Mato Grosso do Sul state election took place in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil between 2 October 2022 (first round) and 30 October 2022 (second round). Voters elected a governor, vice governor, a senator, 8 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (federal deputies) and 24 Legislative Assembly members (state deputies).
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Municipal and regional elections in Peru were held on Sunday, 2 October 2022, electing authorities for the period 2023–2026. Since 2018, municipal and regional officials cannot serve consecutive terms.
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Gubernatorial elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 as part of the nationwide general elections to elect tickets with state governors and their vice governors (as well as the Governor of the Federal District and their vice governor). A second round was held on 30 October for states where no candidate was able to secure more than half of the votes in the first round.
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The 2022 Lima municipal election were held on 2 October 2022, following the convening of regional and municipal elections throughout Peru. Lima residents voted on a list of 40 candidates to replace incumbent Miguel Romero Sotelo whose term ended on 31 December 2022, alongside 39 metropolitan councilpeople. Rafael López Aliaga, leader of Popular Renewal, would be elected mayor of the Lima municipality.
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The 2022 São Paulo state election took place in the state of São Paulo, Brazil on 2 October 2022 and 30 October 2022 (second round, if necessary). Voters elected a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, 70 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 94 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor, Rodrigo Garcia, of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was eligible for a second term and ran for reelection.
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The 2022 Maranhão gubernatorial election took place in the state of Maranhão, Brazil on 2 October 2022, as part of the 2022 Brazilian general election in the Federal District and the 26 states. Voters will elect a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, two Alternate Senators, 18 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 42 Legislative Assembly members.
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The 2022 Santa Catarina state election took place in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil on 2 October 2022 and 30 October 2022. Voters elected a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, 16 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies and 40 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor, Carlos Moisés, of the Republicans, was eligible for a second term and ran for reelection.
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The 2022 Rio Grande do Sul state election took place in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, 31 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies and 55 Legislative Assembly members, with a possible second round to be held on 30 October 2022. Former governor Eduardo Leite, was eligible for a second term and announced that he's running for reelection.
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The 2022 Central Coast Pro Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2022 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Templeton, California, United States between 26 September and 2 October 2022.
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General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 2 October 2022 as part of the Bosnian general elections. Voters decided the President of Republika Srpska and the 83 members of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. Incumbent president Željka Cvijanović was eligible to run for a second four-year term, but opted not to do so, instead deciding to run for Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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2022 Canton 10 parliamentary election was held on 2 October 2022 in Canton 10, a federal unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the voters elected all of the 25 members of the Assembly of Canton 10. The election was part of the 2022 Bosnian general election.
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The 2022 Espírito Santo gubernatorial election occurred on 2 October 2022 and elected the Governor and Vice Governor of the state and members for the 30 seats of the Legislative Assembly. After the previous election, incumbent Governor Renato Casagrande was eligible for a second consecutive term, making a rematch with former member of the Chamber of Deputies, Carlos Manato (PL).
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The 2022 Federal District election was held on 2 October as part of the 2022 Brazilian general election. The district electors able to vote in a Governor and Vice Governor, one Senator, 8 members for the Chamber of Deputies and 24 members for the Legislative Chamber. The Governor and Vice Governor elected in this election will have a longer term.
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The 2022 Alagoas state elections were held on October 2 (first round, for all positions) and October 30 (second round, for governor), as part of the general elections in Brazil. Eligible voters elected the governor and vice governor of the state and one senator with two alternates, as well as nine federal deputies and 27 state deputies.
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The 2022 Iraqi Super Cup was the 11th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. It was held on 2 October 2022 between the 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League champions Al-Shorta and the 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup winners Al-Karkh at Al-Madina Stadium. Al-Shorta made their third appearance in the Super Cup while Al-Karkh made their first appearance. Al-Shorta won the match 1–0 with a goal from Abdoul Madjid Moumouni to clinch their second Super Cup title.
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The 2022 Ceara Gubernatorial election was held in the state of Ceará, Brazil on Sunday 2 October. Voters elected the President and Vice President of the Republic, a Governor, Vice Governor of the State and a Senator of the Republic with two alternates, in addition to 22 Federal Deputies and 46 State Deputies.
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On 2 October 2023, over 60 Nigerien soldiers were killed in the village of Tabatol, Niger. The soldiers had been reinforcing a Nigerien outpost that had been attacked by the Islamic State – Sahil Province (ISGS) earlier in the day, and the reinforcements were attacked a second time by over 100 militants from the Islamic State's Sahel Province, who used IEDs and "kamikaze vehicles".
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The 2023 Finnish Sámi parliamentary election took place between 4 September and 2 October 2023 to elect 21 members and four deputy members to the Sámi Parliament of Finland. On 27 March 2024, the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland ruled that the election had been conducted unlawfully due to the exclusion of 72 individuals from the electoral register, despite their eligibility as determined by prior court rulings.
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A by-election was held on October 2, 2023, in the provincial riding of Jean-Talon in Quebec. This was triggered following the resignation of CAQ MNA Joëlle Boutin. The Parti Québécois candidate Pascal Paradis won the election. The PQ win is notable for two reasons: PQ had never before won the riding of Jean-Talon and this also marked their first win at a by-election since 2016.
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On October 2, 2023, a large Malian military convoy left Gao and headed north toward the Kidal region.
The convoy’s departure preceded the later capture of Kidal.
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On October 2, 2024, the 29th Busan International Film Festival opened at the Busan Cinema Center in South Korea. The opening film was Uprising, directed by Kim Sang-man.
The festival continued through October 11; screenings across the programme did not all take place on opening day.
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On October 2, 2024, the 16th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival held its closing ceremony in Goyang, South Korea. The ceremony included award presentations and the official close of the festival.
The festival had opened on September 26.
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On 2 October 2025, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, a man drove a black Kia Picanto into pedestrians before stabbing worshippers at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, a synagogue in Higher Crumpsall, a northern suburb of the city of Manchester in North West England. Two people were killed in the incident, Adrian Daulby, aged 53 and Melvin Cravitz, aged 66.
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Municipal elections in Newfoundland and Labrador were held on October 2, 2025. Voters in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador elected mayors, councillors, and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities and local service districts. Municipal elections in the province are non-partisan. In 2024, the date of the election was changed from September 30, 2025 to avoid clashing with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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