Famous Birthdays In October - 02

1869  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader was born on October - 02.   

1871  Cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945) was born on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history birth of martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscape architect (d. 1959)   

1873  Pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official) was born on October - 02.   

1873  On October - 02 birth of stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (d. 1924)   

1875  On this day in history birth of henry Fevrier, composer   

1878  On October - 02 birth of francois C Schlumberger, French physicist   

1879  On October - 02 birth of wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order)   

1880  On this day in history birth of george Alexander Russell, composer   

1881  Fred Barlow, composer was born on October - 02.   

1882  Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.   

1885  Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark was born on October - 02.   

1886  On October - 02 birth of pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter   

1890  Groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life) was born on this day in history.   

1891  On October - 02 birth of h V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard   

1893  On October - 02 birth of leroy B Shield, US pianist/producer/composer (Laurel & Hardy)   

1895  On October - 02 birth of bud Abbott, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello)   

1895  Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian was born on this day in history.   

1896  Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20] was born on this day in history.   

1896  Fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor (Law) was born on this day in history.   

1896  Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister (d. 1951) was born on October - 02.   

1901  Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot was born on this day in history.   

1901  [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet (Flowering Rifle) was born on October - 02.   

1902  Dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist was born on October - 02.   

1902  On this day in history birth of leopold Figl, premier of Austria   

1904  Dermot Boyle, marshal (RAF) was born on October - 02.   

1904  Godfrey Baseley, radio executive was born on October - 02.   

1904  Graham Greene, English journalist (3rd Man) was born on this day in history.   

1904  Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66) was born on October - 02.   

1904  [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock) was born on October - 02.   

1906  John Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language & literature was born on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history birth of alexander Robertus, organic chemist   

1907  Lord Todd, chemist was born on October - 02.   

1907  William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer (Blackmail) was born on October - 02.   

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0472  On October - 02 olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies   

0939  Death of Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 on this day in history.   

1113  On this day in history mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies   

1264  On this day in history urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies   

1517  On this day in history john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37   

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49   

1588  Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies on October - 02.