June 1902 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1902 Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms
• 02 Jun 1902 The Anthracite Coal Strike begins in the United States.
• 10 Jun 1902 Patent for window envelope granted to H.F. Callahan.
• 13 Jun 1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland
• 15 Jun 1902 The New York Central railroad inaugurates the ''20th Century Limited'' passenger train between Chicago and New York City, New York.
• 16 Jun 1902 Australia: Female British subjects (with the exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) win the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
• 17 Jun 1902 Norwich City Football Club is formed.
• 24 Jun 1902 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
• 26 Jun 1902 Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII
• 28 Jun 1902 US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
• 30 Jun 1902 Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive HRs in same inning

Famous Birthday

• Grant Lewi

  American astrologer, author, teacher and editor.

• Erik Erikson

  German psychoanalyst (Born 1902).

• Mathilde Gabriel-Péri
• Hugues Cuénod

  Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2010).

• André Guinebert
• Pierre Béarn
• Eugène Ribère
• Prince Chichibu
• Louis Alter

  American orchestra leader and composer of ultra modern popular compositions; such as "Manhattan Serenade.

• Frederick Bywaters

  British homicide who, as a merchant seaman, had a torrid love affair with Edith Jesse Thompson.

• Richard Rodgers

  American preeminent composer of musical theater.

• Jean Marchat

  French film actor who appeared in around fifty films during his career.

• Georges van Parys
• Anésia Pinheiro Machado
• Guy Lombardo

  Canadian musician, the bandleader of "The Royal Canadians," a primarily family group.

• Jimmie Lunceford

  American saxophonist and bandleader (Born 1902).

• Charles Blavette

  French film actor.

• Gaston Brenta

  Composer, dies at 66.

• David Brooks

  Psychologist.

• Carl-Heinz Schroth

  Innsbruck, Austria -- Director (Reaching for the Stars).

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Famous Deaths

• Auguste Schmidt

  German teacher / feminist, dies at 68.

• John E E Dalberg baron van Acton

  English historian, dies at 69.

• Louis J Weichmann

  American witness in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial (Born 1842).

• Albert

  Monaco royalty, who ascended to the the throne on July 12, 2005 in a ceremony scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM local time.

• Ernst Schroder

  German mathematician (Born 1841).

• Jacint Verdaguer

  Catalan priest and poet (d. 1902).

• Samuel Butler

  English author and critic (d. 1902).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Haydn Quartet - In the Sweet Bye and Bye
2. Harry Macdonough - My Carolina Lady
3. Cal Stewart - Last Day of School at Pumpkin Center
4. Dan Quinn - Oh! Didn't He Ramble!
5. Harry Macdonough & S. H. Dudley - Bye and Bye You Will Forget Me