What day of the week was October 26, 2002?

The day of the week October 26th, 2002 fell on was a Saturday.

Movsar Barayev the Chechen militia leader (b. 1979) died on this day in 2002. As did Jacques Massu the French general (b. 1908) .

Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow the which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.