What Happened In March 1902 In History

Historical Events for March, 1902

• 6th » Real Madrid C.F. was founded.
• 7th » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Tweebosch, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey inflicts the biggest defeat upon the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland known as British since the beginning of the war.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1902

• 2nd » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
• 2nd » Edward Condon, American physicist (d. 1974)
• 4th » Fred Mallin, English boxer (d. 1987)
• 4th » Rachel Messerer, Russian actress (d. 1993)
• 4th » Russell Reeder, American army officer and author (d. 1998)
• 7th » Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994)
• 8th » Louise Beavers, American actress (d. 1962)
• 8th » Jennings Randolph, American politician (d. 1998)
• 9th » Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)
• 13th » Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
• 13th » Hans Bellmer, German artist (d. 1975)
• 15th » Yu Gwan-sun, South Korean activist (d. 1920)
• 15th » Henri Saint Cyr, Swedish horse rider (d. 1979)
• 16th » Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1943)
• 17th » Bobby Jones (golfer) e.g Bobby Jones, American golfer (d. 1971)
• 19th » Louisa Ghijs, Belgian actress (d. 1985)
• 21st » Son House, American singer and guitarist (d. 1988)
• 21st » Santo Pecora, American trombonist (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1984)
• 22nd » Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (d. 1949)
• 22nd » Madeleine Milhaud, French actress (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Blessed Józef Cebula, Beatification known as beatified Polish priest, murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp or concentration camp (d. 1942)
• 24th » Thomas E. Dewey, American politician, 47th Governor of New York (d. 1971)
• 27th » Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
• 27th » Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 28th » Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
• 28th » Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
• 29th » Marcel Aymé, French author (d. 1967)
• 29th » Don Miller (American football) named Don Miller, American football player and coach (d. 1979)
• 29th » William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
• 30th » Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (d. 2007)
• 30th » Frieda Szwillus, German super-centenarian (d. 2014)
• 30th » Ted Heath (bandleader) known as Ted Heath, English trombonist and composer (d. 1969)
• 31st » Alfred Praks, Estonian wrestler (d. 1998)

Famous Deaths for March 1902

• 26th » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)

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