April 1902 calendar

Events

• 02 Apr 1902 ''Electric Theatre'', the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
• 04 Apr 1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million.
• 05 Apr 1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25.
• 07 Apr 1902 Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms.
• 11 Apr 1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa.
• 13 Apr 1902 James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• 14 Apr 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium.
• 15 Apr 1902 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On the Church in the US".
• 18 Apr 1902 Denmark is first country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals.
• 19 Apr 1902 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12.
• 20 Apr 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium.
• 25 Apr 1902 Erwin Harvey becomes first Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game.
• 26 Apr 1902 Hibernian FC won the Scottish Cup 1–0 against Glasgow Celtic FC, the last time in their history they have won the competition.

Famous Birthday

• Louise de Vilmorin

  French journalist and author (d. 1969).

• Swami Narayanananda
• Théodore Monod

  French explorer, naturalist, and humanist scholar.

• Hans Hausmann

  German pro astrologer and writer, an advocate of scientific astrology.

• Reinhard Gehlen

  German Chief of Intelligence under Hitler and the first Chief of Intell in postwar West Germany 1955-68.

• Carl Payne Tobey
• Donald Wolfit

  British distinguished thespian and manager who, having brought Shakespeare to the provinces, gave both enjoyable and hammy performances in...

• Henri Garat

  Paris, France -- Actor (Congress Dances).

• Albert Lempereur

  French fashion designer and leading fashion business man in the 1950s.

• Rodolphe Peugeot

  French industrialist, an auto manufacturer and executive.

• Julien Torma

  French writer, playwright and poet (d. 1933).

• Louis Salou

  French stage and film actor who died in Fontenay-aux-Roses at 4:30am on 12 October 1948.

• Philippe de Rothschild

  Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris, France at age 86 (born 1902).

• Marion Mack

  Actress (General).

• Fernando Pessa

  Portuguese journalist and reporter on radio and television.

• William P Bergman
• Denise Colomb
• Roger Viel
• Theodore Chanler

  composer.

• Megan Lloyd

  George English politician.

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Famous Deaths

• Sipyagain

  Russian Minister of Interior / headed Secret Service, assassinated.

• Potgieter

  South African Boer General, dies in battle.

• Marie Alfred Cornu

  French physicist (Born 1842).

• Julius Sterling Morton who started Arbor Day

  dies at age 72.

• Francis of Assisi of Bourbon

  King Consort of Spain (Born 1822).

• Joaquim de Sousa Andrade

  Brazilian poet who designed the flag of the State of Maranhao (Born 1833).

• Esther Morris

  suffragist and first female American judge (Born 1814).

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Top #3 songs in the USA

1. Sousa's Band - Semper Fidelis
2. J.W. Myers - On a Sunday Afternoon
3. Harry Macdonough - Home, Sweet Home