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1902
Year '''1902''' ('''Roman numerals|MCMII''') was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday
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"Calendar in year 1902 (Russia)" (Julian on Tuesday), webpage:
Julian-1902
(Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919).
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of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1902
January
- January - In France, Alfred Loisy writes ''L'évangile et l'Eglise'', which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis.
- January 1 - The first college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
- January 8 - A train collision in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel kills 17, injures 38, and leads to increased demand for electric trains.
- January 23 - A snowstorm at Mount Hakkoda, northern Honshu, Japan, Hakkōda Mountains incident|kills 199 during a military training exercise.
- January 28 - The Carnegie Institution of Washington|Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
February
- February 11 - Police and universal suffrage demonstrators are involved in a physical altercation in Brussels.
- February 15 - The Berlin U-Bahn underground is opened.
- February 18 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt prosecutes the Northern Securities Company for violation of the Sherman Act.
March
- March 7 - Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over United Kingdom|British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
- March 10 - A Circuit Court prevents Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on film|motion picture technology.
April
- April 2 - ''Electric Theatre,'' the first movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
- April 13 - A new car speed record of 74 mph is set in Nice, France, by Leon Serpollet.
- April 19 - A Guatemala 1902 earthquake|magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocks Guatemala, killing 2,000.
May
- May 5 - The Commonwealth Public Service Act creates Australia's Public Service.
- May 8 - In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique|Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000.
- May 13 - Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.
- May 15 - It is claimed that in a field outside Grass Valley, California, Lyman Gilmore achieves flight in a powered fixed-wing aircraft|airplane (a steam-powered glider). There is no surviving evidence to verify this claim.
- May 20 - Cuba gains independence from the United States.
- May 29 - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|Lord Rosebery opens London School of Economics.
- May 31 - The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Boer War.
June
- June 2 - The Anthracite Coal Strike begins in the United States.
- June 15 - The New York Central railroad inaugurates the ''20th Century Limited'' passenger train between Chicago and New York City, New York.
- June 16 - Australia: Female British subjects (with the exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) win the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
- June 17 - The Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City Football Club is formed.
- June 26 - Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII institutes The Order of Merit (Commonwealth)|Order of Merit.
July
- July 10 - The Rolling Mill Mine disaster in Johnstown, PA kills 112 miners.
- July 11
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury retires as British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister.
- The Order of the Garter is conferred on Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
- July 14 - St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapses.
August
- August 1 - 100 miners die in a pit explosion in Wollongong, Australia.
- August 9 - Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom.
- August 22 - Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States|American President to ride in an automobile when he rides in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
October
- October 16 - The first Borstal (youth offenders' institution) opens in Borstal, Kent, U.K.
- October 21 - In the United States, a five month Strike action|strike by the United Mine Workers ends.
November
- November 30 - American Old West: The second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Harvey Logan|Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years hard labor.
- November-December - The Venezuela Crisis occurs between the United States and Germany.
December
- December 10 - The first Aswan Dam on The Nile is completed.
- December 31 - Robert Falcon Scott|Scott, Ernest Shackleton|Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point thus far by man at 82°17'S.
Undated
- The insurrection ends in the Philippines.
Ongoing
- Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)
Births
January-February
- January 1 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
- January 2 - Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)
- January 9 - Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997)
- January 9 - Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest (d. 1975)
- January 9 - Ann Nixon Cooper, American activist for African-American people's rights
- January 11 - Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
- January 12 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
- January 16 - Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
- January 20 - Kevin Barry, Irish republican (d. 1920)
- January 22 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
- January 24 - E. A. Speiser, American biblical scholar (d. 1965)
- January 25 - André Beaufre, French general (d. 1975)
- January 25 - Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (d. 1975)
- January 26 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
- January 31 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
- January 31 - Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1986)
- February 1 - Langston Hughes, African American writer (d. 1967)
- February 4 - Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (d. 1974)
- February 4 - Hartley Shawcross, British barrister and politician (d. 2003)
- February 5 - Iwamoto Kaoru, Japanese professional Go player (d. 1999)
- February 6 - George Brunies, American jazz trombonist (d. 1974)
- February 8 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)
- February 10 - Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- February 11 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (d. 1971)
- February 19 - Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- February 19 - Eddie Peabody, American musician (d. 1970)
- February 20 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)
- February 26 - Albert Anastasia, American gangster (d. 1957)
- February 27 - Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
- February 27 - John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
March-April
- March 4 - Red Reeder, American soldier and author (d. 1998)
- March 7 - Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994)
- March 9 - Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)
- March 16 - Leon Roppolo, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)
- March 17 - Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones, American golfer (d. 1971)
- March 21 - Son House, American musician (d. 1988)
- March 24 - Thomas Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)
- March 28 - Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
- March 29 - William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
- March 29 - Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967)
- March 30 - Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (d. 2007)
- April 4 - Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. 1969)
- April 4 - Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
- April 8 - Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)|Andrew Irvine, British mountaineer (d. 1924)
- April 12 - Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
- April 23 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- April 25 - Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
- April 30 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
May-June
- May 3 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- May 6 - Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
- May 6 - Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
- May 8 - Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
- May 10 - Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
- May 10 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
- May 15 - Richard J. Daley, American politician (d. 1976)
- May 18 - Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
- May 21 - Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
- May 21 - Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
- May 22 - Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)
- June 18 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1992)
- June 26 - Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor
- June 28 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
July-August
- July 4 - George Murphy, American dancer, actor, and politician (d. 1992)
- July 4 - Meyer Lansky, Russian-born mobster (d. 1983)
- July 8 - Gwendolyn Bennett, American writer (d. 1981)
- July 10 - Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
- July 28 - Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian philosopher (d. 1994)
- July 28 - Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (d. 1959)
- August 2 - Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (d. 1971)
- August 4 - Clara Peller, American actress (d. 1987)
- August 8 - Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- August 9 - Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
- August 10 - Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
- August 10 - Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
- August 11 - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
- August 18 - Adamson-Eric, Estonian artist (d. 1968)
- August 19 - Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
- August 19 - J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)
- August 22 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
- August 24 - Carlo Gambino, American gangster (d. 1976)
- August 25 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)
September-October
- September 12 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- September 14 - Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer, composer, and lyricist (d. 1977)
- September 21 - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963)
- September 22 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor and producer (d. 1988)
- September 24 - Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shia cleric (d. 1989)
- October 5 - Larry Fine (actor)|Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (''The Three Stooges'') (d. 1975)
- October 5 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (''McDonald's'') (d. 1984)
- October 13 - Arna Wendell Bontemps, American writer (d. 1973)
- October 18 - Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
- October 18 - Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
- October 25 - Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
November-December
- November - Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (d. 1973)
- November 1 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
- November 2 - Princess Mafalda of Savoy (d. 1944)
- November 9 - Anthony Asquith, British film director (d. 1968)
- November 17 - Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- November 21 - Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (d. 1982)
- November 23 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982)
- December 2 - Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)
- December 5 - Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003)
- December 9 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
- December 20 - Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
- December 23 - Norman Maclean, American author (d. 1990)
- December 28 - Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (d. 2001)
- December 28 - Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (d. 1988)
Deaths
January - June
- January 11 - Johnny Briggs (cricketer)|Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
- February 15 - Viggo Hørup, Danish politician (b. 1841)
- February 27 - Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Australian soldier (b. 1864)
- February 27 - Peter Handcock, Australian soldier (b. 1869)
- March 26 - Cecil Rhodes, British imperialist (b. 1853)
- April 2 - Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragist judge (b. 1814)
- April 15 - Jules Dalou, French sculptor (b. 1838)
- April 21 - Ethna Carbery, Irish poet (b. 1866)
- May 6 - Bret Harte, American writer (b. 1836)
- May 26 - Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
- June 10 - Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
- June 10 - Auguste Schmidt, German educator and activist (b. 1833)
- June 18 - Samuel Butler (1835-1902)|Samuel Butler, British author (b. 1835)
July - December
- July 4 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian religious leader (b. 1863)
- July 6 - Maria Goretti, Italian Catholic saint (b. 1890)
- August 8 - James Tissot, French artist (b. 1836)
- September 5 - Rudolf Virchow, German scientist and politician (b. 1821)
- September 6 - Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (b. 1827)
- September 29 - Emile Zola, French author (b. 1840)
- October 26 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
- November 4 - Hale Johnson, American politician (b. 1847)
- November 17 - Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh social reformer (b. 1847)
- December 3 - Robert Lawson (architect)|Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
- December 22 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German sexologist (b. 1840)
- December 23 - Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1821)
Nobel Prizes
- Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Pieter Zeeman
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry - Hermann Emil Fischer
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine - Ronald Ross
- Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature - Theodor Mommsen|Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen
- Nobel Peace Prize|Peace - Élie Ducommun, Charles Albert Gobat
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