Replay a Day

Replaying Thursday, October 31, 2002

The October 31, 2002 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 303 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.

If you were born on this day, you are 23 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, October 31, 2025, 236 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, October 31, 2026, in 128 days. You have lived for 8,637 days, or about 207,299 hours, or about 12,437,956 minutes, or about 746,277,360 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

Chiang Kai-shek (military personnel, politician, born October 31, 1887)
John Candy (actor, comedian, film actor, film director, manufacturer, screenwriter, television actor, born October 31, 1950)
Michael Landon (actor, athletics competitor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, singer, television actor, television director, television producer, born October 31, 1936)
Bud Spencer (aircraft pilot, autobiographer, comedian, composer, film actor, film director, film producer, librarian, politician, record producer, recording artist, rugby union player, screenwriter, singer, swimmer, water polo player, writer, born October 31, 1929)
Johannes Vermeer (art collector, painter, born October 31, 1632)
Willow Smith (actor, composer, dancer, film actor, musician, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, born October 31, 2000)
Rob Schneider (anti-vaccine activist, author, comedian, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born October 31, 1963)
Nick Saban (American football player, born October 31, 1951)
Peter Jackson (actor, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, writer, born October 31, 1961)
Marco van Basten (association football manager, association football player, golfer, born October 31, 1964)
Zaha Hadid (architect, artist, designer, jewelry designer, painter, sculptor, university teacher, born October 31, 1950)
Leonor, Princess of Asturias (aristocrat, schoolchild, born October 31, 2005)
Vallabhbhai Patel (barrister, economist, politician, born October 31, 1875)
Michael Collins (actor, aircraft pilot, astronaut, autobiographer, businessperson, military officer, test pilot, born October 31, 1930)
Piper Perabo (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, television producer, born October 31, 1976)
Dermot Mulroney (actor, association football player, cellist, film actor, film director, film producer, musician, television actor, voice actor, born October 31, 1963)
Bumpy Johnson (drug trafficker, born October 31, 1905)
Jimmy Savile (association football player, autobiographer, disc jockey, professional wrestler, radio personality, television presenter, born October 31, 1926)
L (detective, born October 31, 1979)
Katsushika Hokusai (artist, designer, draftsperson, graphic artist, illustrator, painter, printmaker, ukiyo-e artist, xylographer, born October 31, 1760)
John Keats (judge-rapporteur, physician, poet, writer, born October 31, 1795)
Vanilla Ice (actor, film actor, rapper, real estate entrepreneur, record producer, singer, songwriter, born October 31, 1967)
Reza Pahlavi (aircraft pilot, human rights activist, politician, born October 31, 1960)
Letitia Wright (actor, film actor, born October 31, 1993)
Brian Hallisay (actor, economist, film actor, television actor, born October 31, 1978)
Emiliano Sala (association football player, born October 31, 1990)
Justin Chatwin (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 31, 1982)
Guti (association football manager, association football player, born October 31, 1976)
Norodom Sihanouk (actor, composer, film director, musician, politician, singer, born October 31, 1922)
Brian Doyle-Murray (actor, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, writer, born October 31, 1945)
David Ogden Stiers (actor, comedian, conductor, film actor, musician, singer, television actor, television director, voice actor, born October 31, 1942)
Ad-Rock (actor, film actor, guitarist, rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, born October 31, 1966)
Dan Rather (journalist, news presenter, opinion journalist, television producer, born October 31, 1941)
Stephen Rea (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 31, 1946)
Johnny Marr (guitarist, musician, poet, record producer, singer, songwriter, born October 31, 1963)
David Dencik (actor, voice actor, born October 31, 1974)
Ai Iijima (AV idol, glamour model, pornographic actor, seiyū, tarento, writer, born October 31, 1972)
Eddie Kaye Thomas (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born October 31, 1980)
Alexander Alekhine (chess player, chess theoretician, jurist, translator, writer, born October 31, 1892)
Adam Schlesinger (composer, musician, record producer, born October 31, 1967)
Lee Grant (film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born October 31, 1927)
Samaire Armstrong (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born October 31, 1980)
Nolan North (baseball player, film actor, presenter, television actor, television producer, voice actor, born October 31, 1970)
Franck Gastambide (actor, film director, screenwriter, born October 31, 1978)
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (military personnel, politician, born October 31, 1935)
Nicky Wu (actor, film actor, singer, television actor, television producer, born October 31, 1970)
Holly Taylor (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 31, 1997)
Neal Stephenson (novelist, science fiction writer, writer, born October 31, 1959)
Dunga (association football manager, association football player, journalist, born October 31, 1963)
James Tavernier (association football player, born October 31, 1991)
Vanessa Marano (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 31, 1992)
Barbara Bel Geddes (children's writer, film actor, stage actor, television actor, writer, born October 31, 1922)
Arjun Bijlani (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 31, 1982)
Dharmesh Yelande (choreographer, dancer, born October 31, 1982)
Helmut Newton (fashion photographer, photographer, photojournalist, born October 31, 1920)
Sanjeev Bhaskar (actor, comedian, composer, screenwriter, television actor, television presenter, born October 31, 1963)
Mikkey Dee (drummer, born October 31, 1963)
Noodle (guitarist, born October 31, 1990)
Sydney Park (comedian, film actor, singer, television actor, born October 31, 1997)
Sikandar Kher (actor, born October 31, 1981)
Vernon Jones (politician, born October 31, 1960)
Lionnel Astier (actor, theatrical director, born October 31, 1953)
Sean Paul Lockhart (actor, director, film actor, film director, film producer, glamour model, model, pornographic actor, born October 31, 1986)
Sarbananda Sonowal (politician, born October 31, 1962)
Mike O'Malley (actor, blogger, film actor, film producer, playwright, television actor, voice actor, writer, born October 31, 1966)
Liv Lisa Fries (actor, film actor, voice actor, born October 31, 1990)
Sabrina Spellman (reporter, student, witch in a work of fiction, born October 31, 1951)
Anatoli Papanov (actor, drama teacher, film actor, stage actor, born October 31, 1922)
Denis Irwin (association football player, born October 31, 1965)
Shiho Ōkouchi (tarento, born October 31, 1971)
Ruben Fleischer (film director, film producer, born October 31, 1974)
Kim Rossi Stuart (film actor, film director, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born October 31, 1969)
Badou Jack (boxer, born October 31, 1983)
Linn Berggren (singer, songwriter, born October 31, 1970)
Diana Staehly (actor, film actor, born October 31, 1977)
Michael Kitchen (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 31, 1948)
Selina Jen (actor, film actor, recording artist, singer, television actor, born October 31, 1981)
Larry Mullen Jr. (drummer, film score composer, songwriter, born October 31, 1961)
Ish Sodhi (cricketer, born October 31, 1992)
Władysław III of Poland (politician, born October 22, 1424)
The Boogeyman (film actor, professional wrestler, born October 31, 1964)
Ron Rifkin (film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, born October 31, 1939)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (actor, composer, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born October 31, 1957)
Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (banker, cricketer, politician, zoologist, born October 31, 1910)
Nakamura Kankurō VI (film actor, kabuki actor, born October 31, 1981)
Karel Havlíček Borovský (journalist, literary critic, opinion journalist, poet, politician, publisher, translator, writer, born October 31, 1821)
Jane Pauley (journalist, born October 31, 1950)
JID (rapper, recording artist, songwriter, born October 31, 1990)
Nick Foligno (ice hockey player, born October 31, 1987)
Don Winslow (novelist, screenwriter, writer, born October 31, 1953)
Harry Harlow (psychologist, university teacher, born October 31, 1905)
Joe West (baseball umpire, songwriter, born October 31, 1952)
Erica Cerra (actor, film actor, born October 31, 1979)
Debbie McGee (ballet dancer, magician, magician's assistant, radio personality, television presenter, born October 31, 1958)
Raghuraj Pratap Singh (politician, born October 31, 1968)
Ken Wahl (film actor, television actor, born October 31, 1954)
Chirag Paswan (actor, politician, born October 31, 1982)
Stefanie Kloß (musician, born October 31, 1984)
Deidre Hall (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 31, 1947)
Tom O'Connor (actor, author, autobiographer, comedian, game show host, school teacher, stage actor, stand-up comedian, television actor, born October 31, 1939)
Jane Wymark (actor, born October 31, 1952)
Kei Tomiyama (actor, seiyū, born October 31, 1938)
Alexander Grischuk (chess player, born October 31, 1983)
Karl Radek (journalist, politician, university teacher, born October 31, 1885)
Cayetano Santos Godinos (arsonist, serial killer, born October 31, 1896)
Kengo Nakamura (association football player, born October 31, 1980)
Simão Sabrosa (association football player, born October 31, 1979)
Yūko Hama (actor, born October 31, 1935)
Philippe Bas (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 31, 1973)
Fritz Walter (association football manager, association football player, born October 31, 1920)
Akari Suda (singer, born October 31, 1991)
David Harvey (anthropologist, economist, geographer, university teacher, urban planner, born October 31, 1935)
Louise of Sweden (aristocrat, consort, philanthropist, born October 31, 1851)
Carlos Drummond de Andrade (children's writer, journalist, novelist, poet, screenwriter, writer, born October 31, 1902)
Brian Piccolo (American football player, born October 31, 1943)
Aleksandr Novikov (composer, guitarist, lyricist, memoirist, poet, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born October 31, 1953)
Frank Iero (guitarist, singer, born October 31, 1981)
Sergiy Derevyanchenko (boxer, born October 31, 1985)
Sally Kirkland (actor, film actor, film producer, stage actor, television actor, born October 31, 1941)
Angelino Alfano (lawyer, politician, born October 31, 1970)
Joseph Wu (diplomat, political scientist, politician, born October 31, 1954)
Jeannie Longo (sport cyclist, born October 31, 1958)
Sébastien Buemi (racing automobile driver, born October 31, 1988)
James Prince (boxer, born October 31, 1964)
Ethel Waters (film actor, jazz musician, singer, stage actor, born October 31, 1896)
Nadine Lustre (actor, model, singer, born October 31, 1993)
Bernard Edwards (musician, record producer, songwriter, born October 31, 1952)
Oommen Chandy (politician, born October 31, 1943)
Amos Yee Pang Sang (YouTuber, television producer, born October 31, 1998)
James Thornton (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 31, 1975)
Dale Evans (film actor, singer, songwriter, born October 31, 1912)
Yoshiharu Tsuge (drawer, essayist, mangaka, writer, born October 31, 1937)
Eduardo Feinmann (journalist, lawyer, radio personality, born October 31, 1958)
Raisa Ryazanova (actor, born October 31, 1944)
Johnny Whitworth (actor, film actor, film producer, television actor, born October 31, 1975)
Keith Jardine (actor, mixed martial arts fighter, born October 31, 1975)
Karl Weierstraß (mathematician, physicist, teacher, university teacher, born October 31, 1815)
Takaya Yamauchi (actor, seiyū, born October 31, 1971)
Kenji Akabane (actor, seiyū, born October 31, 1984)
Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (diplomat, born October 31, 1934)
John of Kronstadt (priest, writer, born October 31, 1829)
Annabella Lwin (record producer, singer, songwriter, born October 31, 1966)
Roberto Malone (pornographic actor, born October 31, 1956)
Kmele Foster (podcaster, television presenter, born October 31, 1980)
JT LeRoy (writer, born October 31, 1980)
Minoru Iwata (baseball player, born October 31, 1983)
Ian Stevenson (parapsychologist, psychiatrist, university teacher, born October 31, 1918)
Séverine Ferrer (actor, journalist, singer, born October 31, 1977)
Michael J. Anderson (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 31, 1953)
Russ Ballard (guitarist, pianist, record producer, singer-songwriter, born October 31, 1945)

31st of October 2002 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 31, 2002

Revamping Lags for Polling Service Tied to Flawed Data in 2000

Date: 31 October 2002

By Jim Rutenberg

Jim Rutenberg

Voter News Service, which provides news media with information about how and why major blocs vote the way they do, may not operate fully on Nov 5, resulting in incomplete picture of electorate's mood and motivation; has not completely refurbished its computer system since providing information in 2000 presidential election that led networks to erroneously declare winner in Florida -- once as Al Gore and later as George W Bush (M)

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BOLDFACE NAMES

Date: 31 October 2002

By James Barron

James Barron

James Barron Boldface Names column discusses network news producer Alexandra Pelosi, who aired clips she gathered while covering George W Bush's 2000 campaign for media intelligentsia; Disney chairman Michael D Eisner foregoes Anaheim Angels victory parade to attend Jewish Home and Hospital gala as honoree; many gather to meet photojournalist Diana Walker, who held signing for new book Public and Private at Orsay restaurant (NYC); animal rights activists come to opening of Chie, fur store by designer Chie Imai; photos (M)

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BOLDFACE NAMES

Date: 01 November 2002

By James Barron

James Barron

Boldface Names column; General Electric chairman Bob Wright attends roast in his honor arranged by Center for Communication, which arranges educational programs featuring media personalities; weather forecaster Irv Gikovsky will run in New York City Marathon; Cuba is popular destination for celebrities of every stripe, and film director Steven Spielberg is latest to accept invitation; Aaron Nir and fashion designer Satoko Miyake have baby (M)

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Ignorance Perpetuates the Chechen War

Date: 01 November 2002

By Masha Gessen

Masha Gessen

Op-Ed article by Masha Gessen says Chechen war that started in 1994 has become more and more dangerous to cover--because Chechen rebels take journalists hostage, and because Russian authorities put heavy pressure on press to stop publishing or broadcasting anything but official reports; says result is that young Russians know nothing about people of Chechnya or roots of this war, and their peers in Chechnya are in similar predicament; says Movsar Barayev, 23-year-old leader of group who took hundreds of people hostage in Moscow theater, probably believed that Russians would stop war if people in Moscow were made to suffer as Chechens have been suffering; says after hostage crisis, each group is even less likely than before to see other as anything but crazed, dangerous enemy (M)

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Sports of The Times; What Counts Lies Under The Facade

Date: 31 October 2002

By Selena Roberts

Selena Roberts

Selena Roberts Sports of The Times column contends that fabricated images and air-brushed reputations of NBA players do not fool fans, and only point out ridiculousness of public relations efforts to conceal players' often unsavory behavior from media; photo (M)

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ALBERTSON'S LOWERS QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR FORECASTS

Date: 01 November 2002

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Supermarket chain Albertson's lowers third-quarter earnings expectations on about 2 percent drop in sales; share price falls almost 19 percent (S)

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GUESS WILL CUT JOBS AND CLOSE STORES IN REVAMPING

Date: 01 November 2002

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Clothing retailer and designer Guess will eliminate jobs, close underperforming stores and sell corporate sites after 8.5 percent third-quarter sales drop, its seventh consecutive quarterly fall in sales; reports that income in third quarter more than doubled to $3.37 million, or 8 cents a share, on lowered sales of $157.8 million (M)

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PRIMEDIA POSTS A QUARTERLY PROFIT OF $14.4 MILLION

Date: 01 November 2002

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Primedia, publisher of more than 250 magazines, reports $14.4 million third-quarter profit, or loss of 1 cent a share after payment of preferred dividends; sales rise less than one percent, to $400 million (M)

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DRUG MAKER TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR EYE TREATMENT

Date: 31 October 2002

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Shares of Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc rise 54 percent after company says it will seek Food and Drug Administration approval of ophthalmic treatment for dry eye syndrome; Inspire's drug is called INS365 (S)

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