2 October: What happened on this day in the history of the world Associated Press Thursday, 2 October 2014, 09:55 Last update: about 11 years ago <a href='https://ads.independent.com.mt/www/delivery/ck.php?n=afef72b0&cb=114' target='_blank'><img data-src='https://ads.independent.com.mt/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=22&cb=114&n=afef72b0' border='0' alt='' /></a> This is a brief account on what happened in the world in the past years on 2 October.