Births on October 10

K. Shivaram Karanth

Born on October 10, 1902

K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1997)

Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian polymath, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and an ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India, who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence". He was the third writer to be decorated with the Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honor conferred in India. His son Ullas is an ecological conservationist.

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Events on 1902

27 Feb

Breaker Morant
Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
17 May

Antikythera mechanism
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
20 May

Tomás Estrada Palma
Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
14 Jul

Piazza San Marco
The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
9 Aug

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Births on October 10

K. Shivaram Karanth

Born on October 10, 1902

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Events on 1902

Breaker Morant

Antikythera mechanism

Tomás Estrada Palma

Piazza San Marco

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland