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October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ... October 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events October 1 - 2 - Nine Israeli-Arabs are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration of solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...

Events

• 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
• 1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1614 - Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
• 1776 - American Revolution: Battle of Valcour Island - On Lake Champlain 15 American gunboats are defeated but give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New York City.
• 1809 - Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.
• 1811 - Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
• 1852 - The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
• 1862 - American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
• 1864 - Campina Grande, Brazil was established as a city.
• 1865 - Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
• 1890 - In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
• 1899 - Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
• 1906 - San Francisco public school board sparks United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
• 1910 - Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright Brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1918 - Major Tsumani shakes Caribbean
• 1929 - JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
• 1930 - Collingwood Football Club in Melbourne, Australia, won the VFL premiership for the fourth consecutive year.
• 1941 - Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
• 1942 - World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance - On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
• 1944 - Tuvinian People's Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva was annexed by the U.S.S.R
• 1950 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS (RCA will successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however).
• 1954 - First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
• 1957 The Orbit of the last stage of the R-7 Semyorka rocket carrying Sputnik I was first successfully calculated on an IBM 704 computer by teams at The M.I.T. Computation Center and Operation Moonwatch, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1958 - Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
• 1962 - Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
• 1967 - Afghan Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal resigns for health reasons
• 1968 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
• 1975 - The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Janis Ian and Billy Preston as musical guests.
• 1976 - George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 was approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
• 1982 - The Mary Rose, a Tudor gunship which sunk on July 18 1545, is raised from the sea bed in the Solent Channel, near Portsmouth.
• 1984 - Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
• 1986 - Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.
• 1987 - March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights attracts an estimated 200,000 people to protest the Bowers v. Hardwick decision and the U.S. government's handling of the AIDS epidemic; first public display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
• 1998 - A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40
• 2000 - The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown.
• 2001 - The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
• 2002 - A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.

January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake - thousands die. ... Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli or Ulricus Zuinglius (January 1, 1484 – October 11, 1531) was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland, and founder of the Swiss Reformed Churches. ... Gregorian Calendar switch: Year 1582 involved conversion to the Gregorian calendar. ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Blocks map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term New Netherland Adriaen Block (1567–1627) was a Dutch private fur trader and navigator who explored the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... The Estates-General (Staten-Generaal) is the parliament of the Netherlands. ... States which were part of New Netherlands Map based on Adriaen Blocks 1614 expedition to New Netherland, featuring the first use of the name. ... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen... The Battle of Valcour Island, 11 October 1776, also known as Battle of Valcour Bay, was a naval engagement fought on Lake Champlain in a narrow strait between the New York mainland and Valcour Island. ... Landsat photo Lake Champlain (French: lac Champlain) is a large lake in North America, mostly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in the province of Quebec. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Natchez Trace was a 440-mile-long path extending from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee, linking the Cumberland, the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers. ... This article is about the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Corps of Discovery, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. ... For the US Federal Agent designation, see Special agent. ... Col. ... For other uses, see Steam (disambiguation). ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... This article is about 1862 . ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders George B. McClellan Robert E. Lee Strength 87,000 45,000 Casualties 12,401 (2,108 killed, 9,540 wounded, 753 captured/missing) 10,316 (1,546 killed, 7,752 wounded, 1,018 captured/missing) The Battle of Antietam (also... Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861–April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Government... James Ewell Brown Stuart (February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War. ... Chambersburg is a borough in Pennsylvania, United States. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 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The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871–January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867–May 30, 1912), were two Americans generally credited with building the worlds first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903. ... Lambert-St. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... West Indies redirects here. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... J. C. Penney Company, Inc. ... Milford is a city located in Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware. ... 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Combatants United States New Zealand Australia Empire of Japan Commanders Norman Scott Aritomo Goto† Strength 4 cruisers 5 destroyers 3 cruisers 2 destroyers Casualties 1 destroyer sunk, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer heavily damaged, 163 killed[1] 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer sunk, 1 cruiser heavily damaged, 454 killed, 111 captured[2... This article is about the island in the Pacific Ocean. ... USN redirects here. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tuva or Tyva (Russian: Республика Тыва [Тува], Respublika Tyva [Tuva]) (pop. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... FCC redirects here. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... 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The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), or less commonly, Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, September 2nd1945 and was recognized by the Peoples Republic of China and the... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Two bodies with a slight difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter. ... R-7 with Sputnik 2 The R-7 Semyorka was the worlds first intercontinental ballistic missile and was deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War from 1959 to 1968. ... Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to be launched into orbit, on October 4, 1957. ... An IBM 704 mainframe (image courtesy of LLNL) The IBM 704,[1] the first mass-produced computer with floating point arithmetic hardware, was introduced by IBM in April, 1954. ... // The M.I.T. 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Aftermath The Myyrmanni bombing took place on October 11, 2002 in the town of Vantaa, Finland, just north of Helsinki, in the local Myyrmanni shopping mall. ... Founded 1974 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Greater Helsinki Area - Of which land - Rank 243 km² 240,84 km² ranked 316th Population - Density - Rank 190 058 (2007) 790. ...

Births

• 1616 - Andreas Gryphius, German writer (d. 1664)
• 1661 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (d. 1742)
• 1671 - Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
• 1672 - Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (d. 1742)
• 1675 - Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (d. 1729)
• 1738 - Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
• 1758 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (d. 1840)
• 1786 - Stevenson Archer, American Congressman (d. 1848)
• 1788 - Simon Sechter, Austrian music teacher (d. 1867)
• 1814 - Jean Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1888)
• 1815 - Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Italian-born adventurer (d. 1881)
• 1821 - George Williams, English founder of the YMCA (d. 1905)
• 1844 - Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)
• 1865 - Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian author and philologist (d. 1926)
• 1871 - Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian religious leader (d. 1943)
• 1872 - Harlan Fiske Stone, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
• 1881 - Hans Kelsen, Austrian legal theorist (d. 1973)
• 1884 - Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
• 1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
• 1884 - Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
• 1885 - François Mauriac, French author, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
• 1895 - Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer (d. 1982)
• 1897 - Nathan Twining, USAF general (d. 1982)
• 1899 - Eddie Dyer, American baseball player (d. 1964)
• 1902 - Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader (d. 1979)
• 1905 - Fred Trump, American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (d. 1999)
• 1918 - Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (d. 1998)
• 1919 - Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (d. 1990)
• 1919 - Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (d. 1999)
• 1924 - Mal Whitfield, American athlete
• 1925 - Elmore Leonard, American novelist
• 1926 - Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales
• 1926 - Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk
• 1927 - Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
• 1928 - Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver (d. 1957)
• 1929 - Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
• 1930 - Sam Johnson, American politician
• 1930 - LaVell Edwards, American football coach
• 1932 - Dottie West, American singer (d. 1991)
• 1936 - Billy Higgins, American jazz drummer (d. 2001)
• 1937 - Sir Bobby Charlton, English footballer
• 1937 - R. H. W. Dillard, American poet
• 1939 - Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player
• 1939 - Austin Currie, Northern Irish politician
• 1941 - Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
• 1941 - Charles Shyer, American film director
• 1942 - Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
• 1943 - John Nettles, English actor
• 1944 - Mike Fiore, American baseball player
• 1944 - Rodney Marsh, English Footballer
• 1946 - Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast
• 1946 - Oba Chandler, American convicted murderer
• 1946 - Daryl Hall, American musician
• 1946 - Gary Mallaber, American musician (The Steve Miller Band)
• 1947 - Al Atkins, English musician
• 1947 - Lucas Papademos, Greek economist
• 1947 - Thomas Boswell, American sports columnist
• 1948 - Cecilia, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1951 - Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer/songwriter
• 1953 - David Morse, American actor
• 1956 - Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of Paraguay
• 1957 - Dawn French, Welsh comedian
• 1959 - Wayne Gardner, Australian racing driver
• 1960 - Curt Ford, American baseball player
• 1961 - Neil Buchanan, English television presenter
• 1961 - Amr Diab, Egyptian singer
• 1961 - Steve Young, American football player
• 1962 - Nicola Bryant, English actress
• 1962 - Joan Cusack, American actress
• 1963 - Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan
• 1964 - Michael J. Nelson, American actor
• 1965 - Alexander Hacke, German musician (Einstürzende Neubauten)
• 1965 - Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
• 1965 - Luke Perry, American actor
• 1966 - Solofa Fatu, aka Rikishi, American professional wrestler
• 1967 - Tony Chimel, American professional wrestling announcer
• 1967 - Artie Lange, American actor andcomedian
• 1967 - David Starr, American race car driver
• 1967 - Tazz, American professional wrestler and commentator
• 1968 - Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 - Jane Krakowski, American actress
• 1969 - Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
• 1970 - Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
• 1970 - Andy Marriott, English footballer
• 1970 - MC Lyte, American rapper
• 1970 - U-God, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
• 1970 - Constance Zimmer, American actress
• 1971 - Petra Haden, American musician (The Rentals)
• 1972 - Claudia Black, Australian actress
• 1973 - Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor/model
• 1973 - Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
• 1973 - Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot, Limp Bizkit)
• 1973 - Dmitri Young, American baseball player
• 1973 - Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
• 1974 - Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 - Terje Haakonsen, Norwegian snowboarder
• 1976 - Emily Deschanel, American actress
• 1976 - Brent Bennett, American mercenary
• 1977 - Matthew Bomer, American actor
• 1977 - Desmond Mason, American basketball player
• 1977 - Claudia Palacios, Colombian television journalist
• 1977 - Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
• 1978 - Kali, Angolan footballer
• 1979 - Bae Doona, South Korean model and actress
• 1979 - Andy Douglas, American professional wrestler
• 1979 - Gabe Saporta, Uruguayan-born American musician (Cobra Starship, Midtown)
• 1980 - Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
• 1983 - William Sledd, American internet personality
• 1983 - Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player
• 1984 - Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
• 1984 - Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress
• 1985 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
• 1987 - Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player
• 1989 - Michelle Wie, American golfer
• 1991 - Chauncey Matthews, American Juniors singer
• 1995 - Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

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