1902

1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.

 Events 
 July 11 – Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
 September 1 – A Trip to the Moon, the first science fiction movie, premières.
 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 
 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 
 October 5 – Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)

 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)

 Hits songs 
 "The Entertainer" m. Scott Joplin