TODAY in HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, October 2, the 275th day of 2018. There are 90 days left in the year.

829 Theophilos becomes Byzantine Emperor. 939 King Otto I crushes a rebellion against his rule by a coalition of Frankish dukes. 1187 Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.

1263 The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots. 1470 Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England escapes to Flanders, only to return the following March to reclaim his throne. 1528 William Tyndale publishes The Obedience of a Christian Man, which advocates the divine right of kings. 1535 Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of Montreal. 1552 Russo- Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan.

1789 The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification. 1814 Chilean War of Independence: Royalist troops defeat Chilean forces of Bernardo O’Higgins and José Miguel Carrera. 1919 U. S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.

1925 John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.

1928 The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded. 1937 Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

1941 World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter. 1958 Guinea declares its independence from France. 1967 Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African- American justice of the United States Supreme Court. 1968 Mexican President Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of students, ten days before the Olympic games will start.

1980 Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War. 1990 Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128. 1992 Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. 1996 The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U. S. President Bill Clinton. 2000 The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.

2002 The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.