1902
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| Centuries: | 19th century - 20th century - 21st century |
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| Years: | 1899 1900 1901 - 1902 - 1903 1904 1905 |
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Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar).
- Contents (full)
- 1 Events of 1902
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
- 4 Nobel prizes
- 5 See also - Notes - External links
[edit] Events of 1902
[edit] 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 between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena.
- January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
[edit] February
- February 11 - Police physically abuse universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels.
- February 15 - Berlin U-Bahn underground is opened.
- February 18 - US President Roosevelt prosecutes the Northern Securities Company for violation of the Sherman Act.
- February 20 - American photographer Ansel Easton Adams, who was famous for his black and white photographs of California's Yosemite Valley, was born.
[edit] March
- March 4 - The American Automobile Association (AAA) is founded.
- March 7 - Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
- March 10 - Circuit Court's decision Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology.
- March 31 - Disputed first powered heavier-than-air flight; most date it to year 1903, if at all.
[edit] April
- April 2 - "Electric Theatre", the first movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
- April 19 - A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocks Guatemala, 2,000 people die.
- The Irish National Theatre Society is founded by W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge and George Russell.
[edit] May
- May 5 - Commonwealth Public Service Act creates Australia's Public Service.
- May 8 - In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroys the town of Saint-Pierre, and kills over 28,000 people, with only two survivors.
- May 13 - Alfonso XIII of Spain formally begins his reign.
- May 15 - In a field outside Grass Valley, California, Lyman Gilmore reportedly becomes the first person to fly a powered airplane (a steam-powered glider).
- May 17 - Archaeologist Spyridon Stais finds the Antikythera mechanism.
- May 20 - Cuba gains independence from the United States.
- May 29 - Lord Rosebery opens London School of Economics.
- May 31 - Treaty of Vereeniging ends Second Boer War.
[edit] 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 - Norwich City Football Club is formed
- June 26 - Edward VII institutes The Order of Merit.
[edit] July
- July 10 - Rolling Mill Mine disaster in Johnstown, PA, kills 112 miners.
- July 11
- Retirement of Lord Salisbury as British prime minister.
- Order of the Garter conferred on Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
- July 14 - St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapses.
- July 23 - Excelsior Rotterdam was founded.
[edit] August
- August 9 - Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom.
- August 22 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first American President to ride in an automobile when he rode in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
- August 24 - Hereford & District Skittle league formed in England
[edit] September
- September 3 - Popular author Sarah Orne Jewett is thrown out of a carriage, virtually ending her writing career.
[edit] October
- October 21 - In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.
[edit] November
- November 30 - American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years hard labor.
- November-December - Venezuela Crisis between the United States and Germany.
[edit] December
- December 31 - Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point thus far by man at 82°17'S.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1902 MCMII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2655 |
| Armenian calendar | 1351 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 58 – 59 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2446 |
| Chinese calendar | 4538/4598-11-22 (辛丑年十一月廿二日) — to —
4539/4599-12-2(壬寅年十二月初二日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1618 – 1619 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1894 – 1895 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5662 – 5663 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1957 – 1958 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1824 – 1825 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5003 – 5004 |
| Holocene calendar | 11902 |
| Iranian calendar | 1280 – 1281 |
| Islamic calendar | 1319 – 1320 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 35 (明治35年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2562 (皇紀2562年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11902 |
| Julian calendar | 1947 |
| Korean calendar | 4235 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2445 |
[edit] January-February
- January 1 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
- January 9
- Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997)
- Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and founder of Opus Dei (d. 1975)
- 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 Bible scholar (d. 1965)
- January 25 - André Beaufre, French general (d. 1975)
- January 26 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
- January 31
- Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
- Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1986)
- February 1 - Langston Hughes, American writer (d. 1967)
- February 4
- Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (d. 1974)
- Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (d. 2003)
- 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 laureate (d. 1987)
- February 11 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (d. 1971)
- February 19
- Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- 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)
- John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
[edit] March-April
- 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, 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)
- Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967)
- March 30 - Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist
- 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, British mountaineer, disappeared on Mount Everest (d. 1924)
- April 12 - Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
- April 23 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- April 25 - Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
- April 30 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
[edit] May-June
- May 3 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- May 6
- Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
- 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)
- David O. Selznick, Hollywood film producer (d. 1965)
- May 15 - Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
- May 18 - Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
- May 21
- Earl Averill, baseball player (d. 1983)
- Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
- May 22 - Al Simmons, baseball player (d. 1956)
- June 18 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1992)
[edit] July-August
- July 4
- George Murphy, American dancer, actor, and US Senator from California (d. 1992)
- Meyer Lansky, Russian-born mobster (d. 1983)
- July 10 - Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
- July 28
- Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian philosopher (d. 1994)
- 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 laureate (d. 1984)
- August 9 - Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
- August 10
- Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
- Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, 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 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)
[edit] September-October
- September 12 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- 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)
- September 29 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
- October 5
- Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)
- October 13 - Arna Wendell Bontemps, American writer (d. 1973)
- October 18
- Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
- Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
- October 25 - Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
[edit] 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 laureate (d. 1995)
- November 21 - Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician and Politburo member (d. 1982)
- November 23 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982)
- December 2 - Wilfredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)
- December 5 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (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)
- Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (d. 1988)
[edit] Deaths
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- (See 1902 list of deaths by name: Category:1902 deaths.)
[edit] January - June
- January 11 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
- February 15 - Viggo Hørup, Danish politician (b. 1841)
- February 27 - Breaker Morant, soldier (b. 1864) (executed)
- March 26 - Cecil Rhodes, British imperialist (b. 1853)
- April 2 - Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist and the first American woman judge (b. 1814)
- April 15 - Jules Dalou, 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 18 - Samuel Butler, British author (b. 1835)
[edit] 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 doctor, pathologist, biologist, 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 women's rights activist (b. 1815)
- November 17 - Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh social reformer (b. 1847)
- December 3 - 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)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Hale Johnson, American politician (b. 1847)
[edit] Nobel prizes
- Physics - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Pieter Zeeman
- Chemistry - Hermann Emil Fischer
- Medicine - Ronald Ross
- Literature - Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen
- Peace - Élie Ducommun, Charles Albert Gobat
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Calendar in year 1902 (Russia)" (Julian on Tuesday), webpage: Julian-1902 (Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919).
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