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.