October 2: International Day of Non-Violence; Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) begins at sunset (2016, AM 5777); Gandhi Jayanti in India
Jacques Cartier
- 1263 – Scottish–Norwegian War: The armies of Norway and Scotland fought at the Battle of Largs, an inconclusive engagement near the present-day town of Largs in North Ayrshire.
- 1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier (pictured) sailed along the St. Lawrence River and reached the Iroquois fortified village Hochelaga on the island now known as Montreal.
- 1941 – World War II: Nazi German forces began Operation Typhoon, an all-out offensive to begin the three-month long Battle of Moscow.
- 1996 – A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the static ports of the aircraft caused Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, due to instrument failure.
- 2006 – A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, US.
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