Page 4: Historical Events In October - 02

1873  Pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official) on this day in history.   

1873  Cornelius Varley, water-color painter, dies on October - 02.   

1875  Henry Fevrier, composer on this day in history.   

1878  On October - 02 francois C Schlumberger, French physicist   

1879  Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Musgrave Ritual" (BG) on October - 02.   

1879  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" (BG) on this day in history.   

1879  Wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order) on October - 02.   

1880  On this day in history george Alexander Russell, composer   

1881  On October - 02 fred Barlow, composer   

1885  Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter   

1889  On October - 02 first Pan American conference (Washington DC)   

1889  On this day in history 1st Pan American conference (Washington DC)   

1890  Groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life) on October - 02.   

1891  H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard on October - 02.   

1893  Leroy B Shield, US pianist/producer/composer (Laurel & Hardy) on October - 02.   

1895  On October - 02 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper   

1895  Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello) on this day in history.   

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

1899  Orange Free state mobilizes on this day in history.   

1900  Belg crown prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern on October - 02.   

1901  First submarine commissioned by the British Navy is launched from Barrow, north-west England on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow   

1901  On this day in history christopher Clarkson, test Pilot   

1902  On this day in history dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist   

1904  The birth of Graham Greene, English novelist on October - 02.   

1904  On October - 02 dermot Boyle, marshal (RAF)   

1905  Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62 on October - 02.   

1906  On October - 02 tommy Burns KOs Jim Burns in 15 for heavyweight boxing title   

1906  On this day in history john Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language & literature   

1907  On October - 02 phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader vs Giants   

1907  Alexander Robertus, organic chemist on October - 02.   

1908  Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row on this day in history.   

1909  On October - 02 1st rugby match (Twickenham)   

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1452  On this day in history birth of king Richard III, of England (1483-85)   

1470  On October - 02 birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)   

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on October - 02.   

1595  Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver was born on this day in history.   

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on October - 02.   

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer   

1704  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on October - 02.   

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  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1588  On October - 02 bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies