What Happened In April 1902 In History

Historical Events for April, 1902

• 2nd » Dmitry Sipyagin, MVD (Russia) named Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
• 2nd » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
• 13th » James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• 18th » Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is 1902 Guatemala earthquake e.g destroyed by an earthquake.
• 20th » Pierre Curie or Pierre and Maria Sklodowska-Curie known as Marie Curie refine radium chloride.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1902

• 1st » Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930)
• 2nd » Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
• 4th » Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author (d. 1969)
• 4th » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (d. 1935)
• 6th » Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
• 7th » Eduard Ellman-Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941)
• 8th » Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) called Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer (d. 1924)
• 8th » Maria Maksakova, Sr., Russian soprano (d. 1974)
• 9th » Théodore Monod, French explorer and scholar (d. 2000)
• 12th » Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
• 13th » Philippe de Rothschild, French race car driver (d. 1988)
• 13th » Marguerite Henry, American author (d. 1997)
• 14th » Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (d. 1974)
• 15th » Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
• 17th » Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician (d. 1974)
• 18th » Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)
• 18th » Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi (d. 1994)
• 19th » Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (d. 1989)
• 23rd » Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 25th » Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1964)
• 25th » Mary Miles Minter, American actress (d. 1984)
• 27th » Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (d. 1942)
• 28th » Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (d. 1979)
• 30th » Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

Famous Deaths for April 1902

• 2nd » Esther Hobart Morris, American judge (b. 1814)
• 12th » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)
• 17th » Francis, Duke of Cádiz (b. 1822)
• 20th » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet (b. 1833)
• 28th » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)

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