Today in History for 2nd October 2025

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Historical Events

1908 - Cleveland Naps and future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss hurl a classic perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the Chicago White Sox 1-0
1910 - Henry Wijnmalen flies to an altitude of 2,800 meters, setting a world record
1972 - Montreal Expos pitcher Bill Stoneman no-hits the New York Mets 7-0 at Parc Jarry, the first MLB no-hitter ever pitched in Canada
1977 - Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda finishes fourth in the US Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship, while Englishman James Hunt wins the race
1988 - In a season-ending 7-5 win in St. Louis, NY Mets outfielder Kevin McReynolds sets an MLB record by stealing 21 bases without being caught during the season

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Famous Birthdays

1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (Primitive Culture), born in London (d. 1917)
1873 - Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Savage, Maryland (d. 1938)
1879 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (Ideas of Order), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 1955)
1933 - Dimiter Khristov, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2017)
1963 - Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricket administrator (Secretary and Chief Executive Marylebone Cricket Club; CEO South Australian Cricket), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 2021)

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Famous Deaths

1564 - Andreas Vesalius [Andries van Wesel], Flemish physician and anatomist (De humani corporis fabrica), dies after being shipwrecked at 49
1892 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher, historian and scholar of religion, dies at 69
1916 - Benjamin Kidd, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies of heart disease at 58
1958 - Marie Stopes, British birth control pioneer, dies at 77
1970 - Bo Linde, Swedish neo-classical composer, dies at 37

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