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What Happened In January 1902 In History

Historical Events for January, 1902

  • 1st » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl Game e.g Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • 28th » The Carnegie Institution for Science e.g Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • 30th » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1902

  • 1st » Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
  • 2nd » Dan Keating, Irish soldier (d. 2007)
  • 4th » John A. McCone known as John McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)
  • 5th » Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist (d. 1989)
  • 5th » Stella Gibbons, English author (d. 1989)
  • 6th » Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)
  • 8th » Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician (d. 1988)
  • 8th » Carl Rogers, American psychologist (d. 1987)
  • 9th » Rudolf Bing, Austrian-English opera manager (d. 1997)
  • 9th » Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (d. 1975)
  • 11th » Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (d. 1986)
  • 15th » Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
  • 16th » Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (d. 1945)
  • 20th » Leon Ames (actor) e.g Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)
  • 22nd » Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
  • 24th » E. A. Speiser, American scholar (d. 1965)
  • 25th » Pablo Antonio, Filipino architect (d. 1975)
  • 26th » Jokichi Ikarashi, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2013)
  • 26th » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (d. 1940)
  • 27th » Carl Berner (supercentenarian) or Carl Berner, German-American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
  • 30th » Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (d. 1983)
  • 31st » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot (d. 1978)
  • 31st » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
  • 31st » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)

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