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Bill of Rights / Texas Revolution / Opus Dei / Rock Hudson

On This Day (October 2): Your quick daily trip back in time.

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Fatih Taskiran
October 02, 2025

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Good morning — it’s Thursday, Oc tober 2. Today, we're going over the Bill of Rights, the Opus Dei Order, the Texas Revolution, Rock Hudson's passing, and much more — quick, sharp, and source-clean.

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🚀 Time Machine

-1187

Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt, captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders.

-1492

King Henry VII of England invaded France.

-1789

George Washington sends the proposed Bill of Rights to the states for approval.

-1835

Tensions between Mexico and Texas escalated when soldiers tried to disarm the people of Gonzales, leading to the Texas Revolution.

-1928

"Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", known as Opus Dei, was founded by Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá in Madrid, Spain.

-1941

Operation Typhoon, the German advance to Moscow, began under Gen. Fedor von Bock.

-1944

After 150,000 people were killed, Polish resistance fighters capitulated in the Warsaw Uprising.

-1958

Guinea declares independence, with Ahmed Sékou Touré as its first leader.

-1967

Chief Justice Earl Warren swore in Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice of the US Supreme Court.

-1985

Rock Hudson, 59, became the first major U.S. celebrity to die from complications related to AIDS.

-2007

President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea crossed into North Korea to attend the second Inter-Korean Summit with Kim Jong Il.

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📸 Snapshot

Yes, that's the Washington Monument stump as it looked for about 25 years,1856

🗨️ Final Words

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“May I not seem to have lived in vain.”

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