October 2: International Day of Non-Violence; Eid al-Ghadeer (Islam, 2015); Gandhi Jayanti in India
Rafael Trujillo
- 1470 – With King Edward IV of England forced to flee to the Netherlands after a rebellion organised by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Henry VI was restored to the throne of England.
- 1835 – Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales, Texas, encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia in the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.
- 1937 – Under the orders of President Rafael Trujillo (pictured), Dominican troops began mass killings of approximately 20,000 Haitians living in the Dominican Republic.
- 1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City was violently suppressed when army and police forces fired into the crowd.
- 1990 – A hijacked airliner collided with two other planes while attempting to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, resulting in a total 128 fatalities.
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