41st year - Nr 275 Friday, 2 October 2026

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41st year - Nr 275 Friday, 2 October 2026

2 October / Today's 26 Events:

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(-) 762 years ago Thursday 2nd of October 1264 182nd Pope Urbanus IV, originally Jacques Pantaléon dies of unknown causes at the age of 69 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy.

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(+) 179 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1847 Generalfeldmarschall and politician Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff von Hindenburg is born in Poznań, Wielkopolska, Poland.

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(+) 173 years ago Sunday 2nd of October 1853 Tennis player and murderer Vere St. Leger Thomas Goold is born in Clonmel, Munster, Ireland.

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(+) 157 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1869 Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka The Apostle of Non-violence is born in Kirti Mandir, Porbandar, Gujarat, India.

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(+) 136 years ago He Was Born Above a Butcher Shop Thursday 2nd of October 1890 Comedian and actor Groucho Julius Henry Marx is born in East 78th Street, New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 129 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1897 Comedian and actor Bud William Alexander Abbott known from Abbott and Costello is born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States.

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(+) 122 years ago Sunday 2nd of October 1904 Writer Graham Henry Greene is born in St. John’s House, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 112 years ago He Went Per Aspera ad Astra Friday 2nd of October 1914 Rocket propulsion researcher and Thelemite occultist Jack Marvel Whiteside Parsons is born in Good Samaritan Hospital, 1125 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 96 years ago Thursday 2nd of October 1930 Multiple child murderer Gordon Stewart Northcott aka The Wineville Chicken Coop Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 24 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States.

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(-) 91 years ago Wednesday 2nd of October 1935 Murderer Roland Cochrane aka Charles E. Stevens is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 27 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(x) 84 years ago Friday 2nd of October 1942 337 die in HMS Curacoa cruiser and RMS Queen Mary ocean liner collision in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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(-) 79 years ago Thursday 2nd of October 1947 Mathematician and esotericist Peter Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky dies of kidney failure at the age of 69 in Lyne Place, Virginia Water, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(+) 77 years ago He Was from the Blank Generation Sunday 2nd of October 1949 Singer-songwriter and musician Richard Hell, originally Richard Lester Meyers known from Richard Hell & The Voidoids is born in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.

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(x) 63 years ago Wednesday 2nd of October 1963 17-year-old Serial killer Michel Bellen aka The Strangler of the Left Bank is sentenced to three years on parole for burglary in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 58 years ago C'Était Lui qui Meure Wednesday 2nd of October 1968 Dada artist Marcel Henri Robert Duchamp aka Rrose Sélavy dies of heart failure at the age of 81 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 52 years ago She Went to Buy a Pack of Gum Wednesday 2nd of October 1974 Nancy Wilcox is abducted, raped and strangled by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Arnett Drive, Holladay, Utah, United States. Bundy said he buried Wilcox' body near Capitol Reef National Park but it was never found.

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(+) 52 years ago Wednesday 2nd of October 1974 Murderer Demarco Markeith McCullum is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(x) 44 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1982 Noise music band Club Moral play their 20th concert in Café Lipstick, Volksstraat 76, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(x) 42 years ago Tuesday 2nd of October 1984 First bomb attack by Terrorist organisation Les Cellules Communistes Combattantes aka CCC in Litton Business Belgium, 59 Rue du Bon Pasteur, Evere, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. It was the start of their Première Campagne Anti-Impérialiste d’Octobre.

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(-) 41 years ago Wednesday 2nd of October 1985 Actor Rock Hudson, originally Roy Harold Scherer dies of AIDS-related complications at the age of 60 in The Castle, 9402 Beverly Crest Drive, Beverly Hills, California, United States.

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(x) 36 years ago Tuesday 2nd of October 1990 128 die in Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 Boeing 737-247 collision in Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 collided with two other aircraft while attempting to land. The hijacked aircraft struck a parked China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707 first and then collided with China Southern Airlines Flight 2812 Boeing 757 waiting to take off, fipping onto its back. The plane was hijacked by 21-year-old Jiang Xiaofeng who was seeking political asylum in Taiwan.

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(-) 34 years ago Friday 2nd of October 1992 Mary Catherine Williams is choked to death by serial killer Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper in 9th Street, New York City, New York, United States. Williams' decomposed body was discovered in a wooded area in Yorktown Heights on 21 December 1992.

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(-) 27 years ago Saturday 2nd of October 1999 Writer Heinz G. Konsalik, originally Heinz Günther dies of unknown causes at the age of 78 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 2nd of October 2005 An art installation at Beijing Tokyo Art Projects in 798 Art District, Dashanzi, Beijing, Hebei, China.

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(-) 20 years ago Monday 2nd of October 2006 School shooter Charles Carl Roberts aka The Amish School Shooter commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 33 in West Nickel Mines School, Bart Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Roberts entered the one-room school at 9.51 am with a Springfield XD 9×19mm handgun, a Browning 12 gauge shotgun, a Ruger .30-06 bolt-action rifle, about 600 rounds of ammunition, cans of black powder, a stun gun, two knives, a change of clothes, an apparent truss board and a box containing a hammer, hacksaw, pliers, wire, screws, bolts and tape. Roberts shot dead 7-year-old Naomi Rose Ebersol, 13-year-old Marian Stoltzfus Fisher, 12-year-old Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 8-year-old Lena Zook Miller and 7-year-old Mary Liz Miller and injured another five schoolgirls between 6 and 13 years old. The schoolhouse was torn down eleven days after the tragedy and was re-built in a nearby location.

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4 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 2nd of October 2022 Grady Roper aka Attic Ted performing for an audience of five (!) while someone is doing their school homework in Tom Tom Club, Ernest Van Dijck Kaai 21, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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