Timeline October 1902

Events in October 1902 10

• 1870 – 1902 Frank Norris (1870-1902) Died 25 October 1902, aged 32 Norris was an American novelist associated with literary naturalism, best known for "McTeague" and "The Octopus: A Story of California," a novel about railroad power over wheat farmers. He died suddenly of complications from appendicitis at age 32.
• 1902 Great Anthracite Coal Strike Resolved Roosevelt brokers end to US mining strike A strike by anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania that began in May ended on October 23 after President Theodore Roosevelt intervened and pushed for arbitration. It was the first time the US federal government mediated a labor dispute as a neutral party rather than siding with employers.
• 1902 The Tale of Peter Rabbit Published Beatrix Potter's debut children's book released commercially Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was published commercially by Frederick Warne & Co in October, after she had it privately printed the previous year. It became one of the best-selling children's books ever written.
• 1902 – 1984 Ray Kroc (1902-1984) Died 14 January 1984, aged 81 Ray Kroc, the businessman who built McDonald's into a global fast-food chain after acquiring the franchise rights in the 1950s, died in San Diego, California.
• 1902 His father dies Hermann Einstein gives his blessing to the marriage Hermann died in Milan in October 1902 after a heart complaint, having finally consented to his son's marriage to Mileva. Einstein described the loss as the deepest shock he had known. He reached Milan in time to be with him.
• 1902 – 1972 Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972) American actress, a sharp star of pre-Code comedies and the first Technicolor feature, Becky Sharp.
• 1902 Miriam Hopkins born in Savannah Miriam Hopkins is born in Savannah.
• 1902 Thousand Days' War Ends Colombian civil war concludes with peace treaties Colombia's brutal civil war between Liberals and Conservatives ended with the treaties of Neerlandia and Wisconsin, signed in October and November. The conflict had killed over 100,000 people and left Panama, then a Colombian province, in a weakened state that helped pave the way for its separation the following year.
• 1902 – 1986 Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986) English actress, the Bride of Frankenstein and wife of Charles Laughton.
• 1902 Elsa Lanchester born in London Elsa Lanchester is born in London.