About the day » Wednesday October 2, 1901Calender converter

• Adriana Mossink, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1902)
• Agnes Lavina Benson, CHAMPION, NEBRASKA († 1987)
• Alida Elisabeth Konijnenberg, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriaan Timmerman, Rotterdam
• Adrianus WALHOUT, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Abelardo Arango Botero, Sonsón, Antioquia, Colombia
• Adriana van den Heuvel, Rotterdam
• Adrianus J. Coppelmans, Aalst, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1961)
• Alida Elisaberth Konijnenberg, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Joseph Vermeulen, Alphen en Riel († 1968)

• Burgers (0), Nijmegen
• Antje Slot (29), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Slot (29)
• Adriana Cornelia van Bergen (23), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Pierre Constant Marie Laneau (60), Brussel
• Anna Maria De Ridder (56), Oelegem
• Arnoldus Bernardus Willem Tersteeg (21), Huissen
• Alijda Bronkhorst (57), Arnhem
• Antoon van Riel (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana de Jager (63), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1895 » Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel († 1990)
• 1897 » Bud Abbott, American comedian († 1974)
• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic († 1992)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)

• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

The temperature on October 2, 1901 was between 13.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%).