How Many Days Until October 2?

This day in history: October 2

1. 1942

   Second World War: HMS Curacoa was accidentally rammed and sunk by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from submarine attacks.

2. 1967

   Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

3. 1971

   Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of South Vietnam.

4. 1990

   A hijacked airliner collided with two other planes while attempting to land at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, killing 128 and injuring 71.

5. 2005

   Typhoon Longwang made landfall in China as the deadliest tropical cyclone in that year to impact the country.

6. 2006

   A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.

7. 2018

   The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

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