October 31st (2002) was a Thursday. It's the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 31st October, 2002
» 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.
October 31st Famous Deaths for 2002
» Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (b. 1945)
» Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, List of heads of state of Greece known as President of Greece (b. 1903)
» Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916)
October 31st Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Abaidas (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria known as Coptic Church)
» St. Quentin called Quentin
» Martin Luther (Anglican Communion)
» Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church (USA))
» October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Public holidays in Finland e.g All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden)
» Eve of Winter, the eve of the first day of winter in the Northern hemisphere (see November 1):
» Allantide (Cornwall)
» Halloween (Republic of Ireland e.g Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and Halloween around the world called other places)
» Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaelic calendar e.g Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year)