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