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October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics. [21]
2-Octyne, also known as methylpentylethyne and oct-2-yne, [1] is a type of alkyne with a triple bond at its second carbon (the '2-' indicates the location of the triple bond in the chain). Its formula is C 8 H 14. [2] Its density at 25 °C and otherwise stable conditions is 0.759 g/ml. [3] The boiling point is 137 °C. [3]
Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday in India, celebrated annually on 2 October to honour the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the key leaders of the Indian independence movement and a pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence.
With 97 leap years every 400 years, the Gregorian calendar year has an average length of 365.2425 days. Other formula-based calendars can have lengths which are further out of step with the solar cycle: for example, the Julian calendar has an average length of 365.25 days, and the Hebrew calendar has an average length of 365.2468 days.
International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It was established on 15 June 2007 according to United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271. The day is an occasion to "disseminate the message of non-violence ...through education and public awareness ...and reaffirm the desire for a culture ...
Try these New Year's traditions from across the world to celebrate the start of 2025. These ideas include leaping off a chair to eating a bowl of Hoppin' John.
Ceremonies and protests in Israel began at about 6:29 a.m., the time when Hamas-led militants launched rockets into Israel at the start of the Oct. 7 attack last year.
A common year starting on Sunday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Sunday, 1 January, and ends on Sunday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is A . The most recent year of such kind was 2023 , and the next one will be 2034 in the Gregorian calendar , [ 1 ] or, likewise, 2018 and 2029 in the obsolete Julian ...