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

Events[change | change source]

• 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[change | change source]

January[change | change source]

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

February[change | change source]

• 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[change | change source]

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

April[change | change source]

May[change | change source]

June[change | change source]

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

July[change | change source]

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

August[change | change source]

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

September[change | change source]

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

October[change | change source]

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

November[change | change source]

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

December[change | change source]

• December 5 – Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003)
• December 9 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)

Deaths[change | change source]

• 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[change | change source]

• "The Entertainer" m. Scott Joplin