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Month October 2002 Calendar

About Month of October Calendar

  • October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.

    October symbols: The birthstones of Octoberare the tourmaline and opal. Its birth flower is the calendula. The zodiac signs for the month of October are Libra (until October 22) or Scorpio (October 23 onwards). October Star Stones: Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22). Planetary Stone: Sapphire; Lucky Charms: Opal, Sardonyx, Chrysolite; birthstone: pink Tourmaline, Opal. Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21). Planetary Stone: Garnet, Ruby; Lucky Charms: Aquamarine, Beryl. October Mystical birthstone is Jasper. October Ayurvedic Birthstone is Opal.

Historical Events for October, 2002

  • Day of Week 2nd » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
  • Day of Week 6th » The French oil tanker 'Limburg (tanker) known as Limburg 'is bombed off Yemen.
  • Day of Week 11th » A Myyrmanni bombing called bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
  • Day of Week 12th » Terrorists 2002 Bali terrorist bombing called detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
  • Day of Week 16th » Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in Classical antiquity or antiquity, is officially inaugurated.
  • Day of Week 23rd » Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechnya named Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
  • Day of Week 24th » Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC.
  • Day of Week 26th » Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechnya named Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
  • Day of Week 29th » Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
  • Day of Week 31st » A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, Conspiracy (crime) known as conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

Famous Birthdays on October in 2002

  • 14th » Youssif (burn victim) or Youssif, Iraqi burn victim

Famous Deaths for October 2002

  • 1st » Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
  • 2nd » Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
  • 3rd » Robert Krausz, Hungarian-American businessman (b. 1936)
  • 3rd » Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
  • 4th » André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • 5th » Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
  • 6th » Prince Claus of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
  • 7th » Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
  • 8th » Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
  • 8th » Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
  • 9th » Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931)
  • 9th » Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
  • 9th » Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (b. 1956)
  • 10th » Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
  • 11th » Dina Pathak, Indian actress (b. 1922)
  • 12th » Ray Conniff, American bandleader and composer (b. 1916)
  • 12th » Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (b. 1974)
  • 13th » Stephen Ambrose, American historian and author (b. 1936)
  • 14th » Norbert Schultze, German composer (b. 1911)
  • 17th » Derek Bell (musician) called Derek Bell, Irish pianist and songwriter (The Chieftains) (b. 1935)
  • 17th » Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (b. 1906)
  • 18th » Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer and actor (Roman and the Four Steps) (b. 1950)
  • 19th » Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (b. 1932)
  • 20th » Barbara Berjer, American actress (b. 1920)
  • 20th » Bernard Fresson, French actor (b. 1931)
  • 22nd » Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
  • 22nd » Geraldine of Albania (b. 1915)
  • 23rd » Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915)
  • 24th » Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
  • 24th » Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
  • 24th » Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
  • 24th » Stella Brooks, American female jazz singers (b. 1910)
  • 25th » Richard Harris, Irish-English actor and singer (b. 1930)
  • 25th » René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
  • 25th » Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (b. 1944)
  • 26th » Movsar Barayev, Chechen militia leader (b. 1979)
  • 26th » Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
  • 27th » Tom Dowd, American record producer (b. 1925)
  • 27th » Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (b. 1922)
  • 28th » Margaret Booth, American screenwriter, producer, and editor (b. 1898)
  • 28th » Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (b. 1917)
  • 29th » Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960)
  • 30th » Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 30th » Aliki Diplarakou, Greek model and actress (b. 1912)
  • 30th » Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C.) (b. 1965)
  • 31st » Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (b. 1945)
  • 31st » Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, List of heads of state of Greece known as President of Greece (b. 1903)
  • 31st » Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916)

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