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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 falls on a Wednesday. It is day 276 of the year, ISO week 40, in Q4.
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Wednesday, October 2
October 2, 2024 is day 276 of 366, ISO week 40, in Q4. The moon is New Moon and the zodiac sign is Libra.
Day of year276
ISO week40
QuarterQ4
Days left90
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- New Moon
- Lunar age
- 28.9 days
- Illumination
- 0%
- Season
- Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, spring in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Libra
- Observances
- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
- Shareable URL
- /date/2024-10-02
Today's Celebrations
October 2
Observance
Batik Day (Indonesia)
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Denha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church)
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Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels
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Leodegar
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October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Gandhi's birthday-related observances: Gandhi Jayanti (India)
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Gandhi's birthday-related observances: International Day of Non-Violence
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Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958
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Local briefWednesday, October 2, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2018: The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to October 2.
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History for October 2
The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.
Typhoon Longwang made landfall in China as the deadliest tropical cyclone in that year to impact the country.
A hijacked airliner collided with two other planes while attempting to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, killing 128 and injuring 71.
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of South Vietnam.
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Second World War: HMS Curacoa (pictured) was accidentally rammed and sunk by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from submarine attacks.
The Shubert Theatre opened on Broadway with a production of Hamlet.
Notable Births
2005
Sam Konstas, Australian cricketer
2002
Jacob Sartorius, American social media personality and singer
2000
Quadeca, American singer-songwriter and YouTuber
1996
Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
1995
Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
1993
Lance McCullers Jr., American baseball player
Notable Deaths
2024
Susie Berning, American professional golfer (born 1941)
2024
Marissa Haque, Indonesian politician (born 1962)
2023
Francis Lee, English footballer (born 1944)
2022
Sacheen Littlefeather, American actress, model and activist for Native American civil rights (born 1946)
2021
Jack Biondolillo, American bowler (born 1940)
2020
Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (born 1957)
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