On this day, 1994, US troops in Haiti raid weapons caches, battling violence begun by paramilitary units linked to Haiti's military-led de facto Government. (Photo: AFP)
October 2, 2023
This Day in History – September 2
Today is the 275th day of 2023. There are 90 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
2014: During the summer, a cyberattack on banking giant JPMorgan Chase gave hackers access to the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses.
OTHER EVENTS
1518: Cardinal Wolsey devises the “Peace of London” among England, France, Emperor Maximilian I, Spain and the Papacy.
1780: British spy John Andre is hanged in Tappan, New York.
1823: Spain’s King Ferdinand VII, restored by France which also crushed a Spanish rebellion, issues a decree for the execution of his enemies.
1836: Charles Darwin returns to England from a trip to South America where he documented animal and plant life for his book On the Origin of Species.
Saudi American journalist Jamal Khashoggi enters the Saudi consulate on this day, 2018, and is never seen again.Photo: AP
For the peaceful settlement of international disputes, the League of Nations adopts the Geneva Protocol on this day, 1924..
