May 1902

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The following events occurred in May 1902:

May 2, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:Arturo Licata, Italian supercentenarian, world's oldest living man in 2013, last surviving man born in 1902 (d. 2014)

May 3, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

May 5, 1902 (Monday)

• The Commonwealth Public Service Act creates Australia's Public Service.
• Died:Bret Harte, American writer (b. 1836)

May 6, 1902 (Tuesday)

• Born:
  • Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
  • Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
• Died:William T. Sampson, American admiral (b. 1840)

May 7, 1902 (Wednesday)

• In Saint Vincent, La Soufrière erupts, devastating the northern portion of the island, killing 2,000 people
• Died:Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and founder of the Institute of Sisters of the Immaculata (b. 1818)

May 8, 1902 (Thursday)

• In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000.
• Born:André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)

May 10, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)

May 11, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born:Dick Curtis, American actor (d. 1952)

May 13, 1902 (Tuesday)

• Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.

May 15, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born:Richard J. Daley, American politician (d. 1976)

May 18, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born:Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)

May 20, 1902 (Tuesday)

• Cuba gains independence from the United States.

May 21, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Born:
  • Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
  • Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
  • Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)

May 22, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born:Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)

May 26, 1902 (Monday)

• Died:Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)

May 29, 1902 (Thursday)

• Lord Rosebery opens London School of Economics.
• Born:Henri Guillaumet, French aviator (d. 1940)

May 31, 1902 (Saturday)

• The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Boer War.
• Born:Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer (d. 1959)

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