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Notable anniversaries in history for today: October 2
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Lorraine Bracco; actress (Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team).
- 70th: 1954 - Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal.
- 70th: 1954 - New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series.
- 60th: 1964 - Philadelphia Phillies tie major league record with season's third triple play (Cincinnati Reds).
- 40th: 1984 - Three cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit.
- 40th: 1984 - Richard Miller becomes first (former) FBI agent charged with espionage.
- 30th: 1994 - Panamanian registered tanker Cercal strikes a rock on its way into Leixoes harbor, in the northern city of Oporto, Portugal, spilling about 2.3 million litres of crude into the sea.
- 20th: 2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
- 15th: 2009 - The International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen votes 66-32 for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over Madrid, Spain. Chicago, Illinois was eliminated on the first ballot, and Tokyo, Japan was eliminated on the second ballot.
- 15th: 2009 - A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes south of Tonga in the Pacific Islands.
- 15th: 2009 - Ireland votes for a second time in a referendum on accepting the Lisbon Treaty, voting 67 percent in favor.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of György Lázár, Hungarian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (born 1924).
- 5th: 2019 - 25 soldiers are killed and 60 missing following attacks on two army camps in Boulkessi and Mondoro, Mali.
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