What happend on 2nd October

01.10
03.10
1944

World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.

1941

World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.

1935

Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

1928

The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.

1924

The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.

1919

US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.

1889

In Washington, DC, the first international Conference of American States begins.

1889

In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American old west.

1872

On this day, Phileas Fogg sets off on his round world trip to return on December 21st or lose £20,000 in the book "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne

1864

American Civil War: Battle of Saltville