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). [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, 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, kills 199 during a military training exercise.
- January 28 – The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
[edit] February [edit] August [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December [edit] Undated [edit] Ongoing [edit] Births [edit] 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 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 laureate (d. 1968)
[edit] 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, 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, British mountaineer (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)
- 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)
[edit] 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 laureate (d. 1958)
- July 16 – Alexander Luria, Russian nevropychologist (d. 1977)
- July 28 – Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian philosopher (d. 1994)
- July 28 – Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (d. 1959)
- July 31 – Randolph E. Haugan, American author, editor and publisher (d. 1985)
- 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)
- August 10 – 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 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)
[edit] 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 3 – Waldo McBurney, America's oldest worker (d. 2009)
- October 5 – 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)
- October 31 – Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (d. 1987)
[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 (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)
[edit] Deaths [edit] January–June - January 11 – 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)
[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 scientist and politician (b. 1821)
- September 6 – Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (b. 1827)
- September 26 – Levi Strauss Inventor of Jeans (b. 1829)
- September 29 – Emile Zola, French author (b. 1840)
- October 25 – Frank Norris, American novelist (b. 1870)
- 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)
- November 23 – Walter Reed, American army physician (b. 1851)
- December 3 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
- December 14 – Julia Grant, Wife of President Ulysses S. Grant (b. 1826)
- December 22 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German sexologist (b. 1840)
- December 23 – Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1821)
[edit] Nobel Prizes - ^ "Calendar in year 1902 (Russia)" (Julian on Tuesday), webpage: Julian-1902 (Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919).
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