Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 2
October 2: Independence Day in Guinea (1958)
- 1187 - Third Crusade: Saladin and the Seljuk Turks captured Jerusalem.
- 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sailed along the St. Lawrence River and reached an Iroquois fort on an island now known as Montréal.
- 1835 - Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales, Texas encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia in the Battle of Gonzales, thus beginning the Texas Revolution.
- 1950 - Peanuts, a syndicated comic strip by Charles M. Schulz featuring Charlie Brown and his pet beagle Snoopy, was first published in major newspapers.
- 1968 - The Tlatelolco massacre: A peaceful student demonstration in Tlatelolco, Mexico City ended at sunset, when army and police forces began firing into the crowd.
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