February 1902

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The following events occurred in February 1902:

February 1, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:Langston Hughes, African American writer (d. 1967)
• Died:Salomon Jadassohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1831)

February 4, 1902 (Tuesday)

• Born:
  • Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (d. 1974)
  • Hartley Shawcross, British barrister and politician (d. 2003)

February 5, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Born:Iwamoto Kaoru, Japanese professional Go player (d. 1999)

February 6, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born:George Brunies, American jazz trombonist (d. 1974)
• Died:Clémence Royer, French scholar (b. 1830)

February 8, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)

February 9, 1902 (Sunday)

• Fire levels 26 city blocks of Jersey City, New Jersey.

February 10, 1902 (Monday)

• Born:Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

February 11, 1902 (Tuesday)

• Police and universal suffrage demonstrators are involved in a physical altercation in Brussels.
• Born:Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (d. 1971)

February 14, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969)

February 15, 1902 (Saturday)

• The Berlin U-Bahn underground is opened.
• Died:Viggo Hørup, Danish politician (b. 1841)

February 18, 1902 (Tuesday)

• U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt prosecutes the Northern Securities Company for violation of the Sherman Act.
• Died:Albert Bierstadt, German-born American painter (b. 1830)

February 19, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Born:
  • Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
  • Eddie Peabody, American musician (d. 1970)

February 20, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born:Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)

February 27, 1902 (Thursday)

• American writer John Steinbeck is born.
• Born:Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
• Died:
  • Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Australian soldier (executed) (b. 1864)
  • Peter Handcock, Australian soldier (executed) (b. 1869)

February 28, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:Vi Robbins, Australian supercentenarian (d. 2014)

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