In History, Today on October 2

The Siege of Jerusalem ended with the city being captured by Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, marking a significant event in the Crusades.

The Texas Revolution began with the Battle of Gonzales, where Texian settlers resisted Mexican troops attempting to retrieve a cannon, symbolized by the "Come and Take It" flag.

Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule, was born in Porbandar, India.

John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.

Operation Typhoon, the German offensive to capture Moscow during World War II, began.

The comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles M. Schulz was first published in seven newspapers, introducing the world to characters like Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

Guinea declared its independence from France, becoming the first French African colony to gain independence.

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

The German reunification was completed, with the former East Germany officially joining the Federal Republic of Germany.

Swissair Flight 111's final report is released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, concluding that the crash was caused by a fire resulting from faulty wiring.

The Beltway sniper attacks begin, a series of coordinated shootings that occurred over three weeks in October 2002 in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

A gunman kills five girls in a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, before taking his own life.

Colombian voters narrowly reject a peace deal with FARC rebels in a national referendum, casting uncertainty over the future of the peace process.

Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and critic of the Saudi government, is murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, leading to international outrage and diplomatic tensions.

The European Court of Justice rules that Facebook must remove defamatory content globally if ordered by a national court of an EU member state.

Brazil holds the first round of its presidential election, with former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro advancing to a runoff.