About the day » Tuesday October 21, 1902Calender converter

• Adriana van der Weegen, Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Van lent, Bornem († 1902)
• Adriaan Spaander, Wormerveer († 1978)
• Adrianus Walda, Siegerswoude († 1948)
• Aartje Rekers, Nunspeet († 1990)
• Agnes Mary MESKEL, Iowa († 1979)
• * Johanna Maria Cornelia Rollman, Rotterdam
• Adrianus t'Jong, Dordrecht († 1982)
• Adrianus Franciscus WINDEN,VAN, Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Beers, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1903)

• ? Brons (0), Hoogeveen
• Anna Teunis de Breed (40), Terschelling,, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Bielschowsky (55), Berlin, Germany
• Anna Maria van de Goolberg (59), Zevenbergen, Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Frederika Hoffmann (78), Velp,Gemeente Rheden,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Droppelman (85), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Adriana Krina de Groot (83), Rilland Bath Zeeland Netherlands
• Adriaantje Van PROOIJEN (78), Heinenoord
• Anna Frederica Hoffman (78), Rheden
• Van lent (0), Bornem

• 1894 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic († 1965)
• 1895 » Edna Purviance, American actress († 1958)
• 1895 » Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete († 1983)
• 1896 » Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (d.1985)
• 1898 » Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor († 1960)
• 1900 » Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer († 1973)
• 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
• 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
• 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
• 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)

• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)

• 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 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 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
• November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

The temperature on October 21, 1902 was between 5.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (68%).