April 1902

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The following events occurred in April 1902:

April 2, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Electric Theatre, the first movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.

April 3, 1902 (Thursday)

• Died:Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragist judge (b. 1814)

April 4, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:
  • Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. 1969)
  • Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)

April 8, 1902 (Tuesday)

• Born:Andrew Irvine, British mountaineer (d. 1924)

April 12, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
• Died:Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1841)

April 13, 1902 (Sunday)

• A new car speed record of 74 mph (119 km/h) is set in Nice, France, by Léon Serpollet.

April 15, 1902 (Tuesday)

• Died:Jules Dalou, French sculptor (b. 1838)

April 17, 1902 (Thursday)

• Died:Francisco de Asís de Borbón, Duke of Cádiz, former King consort of Spain (b. 1822)

April 19, 1902 (Saturday)

• A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocks Guatemala, killing 2,000.
• Died:Hans von Pechmann, German chemist (b. 1850)

April 21, 1902 (Monday)

• Died:Ethna Carbery, Irish poet (b. 1866)

April 23, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Born:Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

April 25, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)

April 26, 1902 (Saturday)

• Hibernian F.C. won the Scottish Cup 1–0 against Glasgow Celtic F.C., the last time in their history they have won the competition.

April 27, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born:Harry Stockwell, American actor and singer (d. 1984)

April 28, 1902 (Monday)

• Born:Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)

April 30, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Born:Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

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