1902: Common year starting on Wednesday
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1899 1900 1901 – 1902 – 1903 1904 1905 |
Events
- July 11 – Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Marie and Pierre Curie discover radium
- The Real Madrid football club starts in Spain
- Statue of Boudica unveiled in Westminster, London
Births
January
- January 8 – Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (d. 1988)
February
- February 1 – Langston Hughes, American writer (d. 1967)
- February 4 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (d. 1974)
- February 10 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (d. 1987)
- February 27 – John Steinbeck, American writer (d. 1968)
March
- March 24 – Thomas E. Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)
April
May
June
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- June 16 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist (d. 1992)
July
- July 10 – Kurt Alder, German chemist (d. 1958)
August
- August 8 – Paul Dirac, English physicist (d. 1984)
September
- September 21 – Ruhollah Khomeini, revolutionary leader (d. 1989)
October
November
- November 9 - Anthony Asquith, British director (d. 1968)
December
- December 5 – Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003)
- December 9 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
Deaths
- April 30 - Swami Vivekananda - Indian social reformer (b. 1863)
- December 14 – Julia Grant – former First Lady of the United States (b. 1826)
- September 16 – Levi Strauss, American business person (b. 1829)
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