Other Notable Events, October 2

In 2001, NATO said that the United States had shown evidence, sufficient to justify NATO military action, that Osama bin Laden and his organization were responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

In 2002, the first in a series of apparent random sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area for three weeks occurred on this date with the slaying of a 55-year-old Maryland man.

In 2004, at least 48 people were killed in a series of attacks across the Indian states of Nagaland and Assam.

In 2005, 21 people died after a tour boat flipped over on Lake George in New York's Adirondacks.

Also in 2005, Connecticut issued its first licenses for civil unions, becoming the third state to offer same-sex couples a legal way to unite.

In 2006, five Amish girls were fatally wounded in a series of shootings in a rural, one-room schoolhouse in Nickle Mines, Pa. The suspect, a milk truck driver who also killed himself, had told his wife that he needed to avenge something that had happened 20 years ago.

In 2008, suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques, killing at least 20 worshipers during early morning prayers in two areas of Baghdad. The attacks occurred as Muslims were marking the end of the Ramadan fasting month.

In 2009, a presidential executive order banned some 4.5 million federal employees, including military personnel, from text-messaging while driving.

Also in 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games, the first South American city to host the event, beating out Tokyo, Madrid and Chicago.

In 2010, at least 36 people were reported killed and dozens more injured when a train from Jakarta slammed into a stationary train in pre-dawn darkness near the Indonesian city of Pemalang in central Java. Officials said a signal error was the most likely cause.

In 2011, expatriate U.S. citizens were warned by the government about possible retaliatory terror attacks after senior al-Qaida official Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in Yemen in a drone bombing attack.