What Happened In August 1902 In History

Historical Events for August, 1902

• 4th » The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
• 9th » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 22nd » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• 22nd » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1902

• 2nd » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)
• 2nd » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (d. 1941)
• 3rd » Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
• 4th » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
• 6th » Dutch Schultz, American mobster (d. 1935)
• 8th » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 9th » Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
• 9th » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician (d. 1984)
• 10th » Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 10th » Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 10th » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 11th » Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
• 11th » Lloyd Nolan, American actor and singer (d. 1985)
• 12th » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st List of Vice Presidents of Indonesia or Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)
• 13th » Felix Wankel, German engineer (d. 1988)
• 15th » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
• 16th » Georgette Heyer, English author (d. 1974)
• 16th » Wallace Thurman, American author (d. 1934)
• 18th » Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
• 18th » Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)
• 19th » Ogden Nash, American poet and author (d. 1971)
• 19th » J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 1994)
• 21st » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author (d. 1972)
• 22nd » Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
• 22nd » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress and director (d. 2003)
• 22nd » Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (d. 1982)
• 24th » Fernand Braudel, French historian and academic (d. 1985)
• 24th » Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1976)
• 25th » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)
• 31st » Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Ministry of Defence (Hungary) called Minister of Defence for Hungary (d. 1977)

Famous Deaths for August 1902

• 8th » James Tissot, French painter (b. 1836)

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