October 1902

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The following events occurred in October 1902:

October 2, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born:Leopold Figl, former Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)

October 3, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:Waldo McBurney, America's oldest worker (d. 2009)

October 5, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born:
  • Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) (d. 1975)
  • Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) (d. 1984)

October 13, 1902 (Monday)

• Born:Arna Wendell Bontemps, American writer (d. 1973)

October 16, 1902 (Thursday)

• The first Borstal (youth offenders' institution) opens in Borstal, Kent, U.K.

October 18, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:
  • Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
  • Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)

October 21, 1902 (Tuesday)

• In the United States, a five-month strike by the United Mine Workers ends

October 25, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
• Died:Frank Norris, American novelist (b. 1870)

October 26, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born:Jack Sharkey, American heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1994)
• Died:Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)

October 31, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (d. 1987)

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