What Happened In October 2002 In History

Historical Events for October, 2002

• 2nd » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• 6th » The French oil tanker 'Limburg (tanker) known as Limburg 'is bombed off Yemen.
• 11th » A Myyrmanni bombing called bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
• 12th » Terrorists 2002 Bali terrorist bombing called detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
• 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.
• 23rd » Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechnya named Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
• 24th » Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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