Births on October 2

Joe Ingles

Born on October 2, 1987

Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player

Joseph Howarth Ingles (born 2 October 1987) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Australian national team. He primarily plays at the small forward and shooting guard positions. He is the Utah Jazz all-time leader in three-pointers made.

Ingles was part of the Australian basketball team that won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Events on 1987

27 Apr

Kurt Waldheim
The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the USA, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1 May

Auschwitz concentration camp
Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
5 Jul

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
27 Jul

RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
7 Nov

Habib Bourguiba
In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Births on October 2

Joe Ingles

Born on October 2, 1987

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Events on 1987

Kurt Waldheim

Auschwitz concentration camp

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

RMS Titanic

Habib Bourguiba