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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2" title="October 2">October 2</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Non-Violence" title="International Day of Non-Violence">International Day of Non-Violence</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_Jayanti" title="Gandhi Jayanti">Gandhi Jayanti</a></b> in India
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1470" title="1470">1470</a> – With King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England" title="Edward IV of England">Edward IV of England</a> forced to flee to the Burgundian Netherlands after a rebellion organised by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neville,_16th_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick">Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick</a></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England" title="Henry VI of England"><span class="nowrap">Henry VI</span></a> was restored to the throne of England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1766" title="1766">1766</a> – As part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1766_food_riots" title="1766 food riots">wider food riots</a>, citizens in Nottingham, England, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_cheese_riot" title="Nottingham cheese riot">looted large quantities of cheese</a></b>, with one man killed during attempts to restore order.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879" title="1879">1879</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing China</a> signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Livadia" title="Treaty of Livadia">Treaty of Livadia</a></b> with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, but the terms were so unfavorable that the Chinese government refused to ratify the treaty.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubert_Theatre_(Broadway)" title="Shubert Theatre (Broadway)">Shubert Theatre</a></b> opened on Broadway with a production of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall" title="Thurgood Marshall">Thurgood Marshall</a></b> was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Drury" title="William Drury">William Drury</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1527); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ellison" title="Thomas Ellison">Thomas Ellison</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1904); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons" title="Jack Parsons">Jack Parsons</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1914); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priya_Cooper" title="Priya Cooper">Priya Cooper</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1974)</p>
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