1902

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

Georgy Malenkov

• January 8 – Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (d. 1988)

February

Langston Hughes

• 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

Thomas E. Dewey

• March 24 – Thomas E. Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)

June

Barbara McClintock

• June 16 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist (d. 1992)

July

• July 10 – Kurt Alder, German chemist (d. 1958)

August

Paul Dirac

• August 8 – Paul Dirac, English physicist (d. 1984)

September

Ayatollah Khomeini

• September 21 – Ruhollah Khomeini, revolutionary leader (d. 1989)

October

Ray Kroc

• October 5 – Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)

November

• November 9 - Anthony Asquith, British director (d. 1968)

December

Margaret Hamilton

• 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