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February 27, 1902: Convicted war criminal Harry "Breaker" Morant hanged in Pretoria...
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... along with co-conspirator Peter Handcock
February 1, 1902 (Saturday)
- Born: Langston Hughes, African-American writer, in Joplin, Missouri (died 1967)
- Died: Salomon Jadassohn, 70, German composer and pianist
February 4, 1902 (Tuesday)
- Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton make the first balloon flight in Antarctica, ascending to 800 feet (240 m) in a tethered hydrogen observation balloon, from which they take the first Antarctic aerial photographs.[1]
- Born:
- Charles Lindbergh, US aviator, in Detroit, Michigan (died 1974)
- Hartley Shawcross, British barrister and politician, in Germany (died 2003)
February 5, 1902 (Wednesday)
- Born: Iwamoto Kaoru, Japanese professional Go player, in Masuda (died 1999)
February 6, 1902 (Thursday)
- Died: Clémence Royer, 71, French scholar and translator of Darwin.
February 8, 1902 (Saturday)
- Born: Demchugdongrub, Mongolian prince and politician, in Chahar Province (died 1966)
February 9, 1902 (Sunday)
- Fire levels 26 city blocks of Paterson, New Jersey, USA, after spreading from trolley car sheds. 459 buildings are destroyed, including churches, homes, offices, and the City Hall.[2]
February 10, 1902 (Monday)
- Born: Walter Houser Brattain, US physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, in Xiamen, China (died 1987)
February 11, 1902 (Tuesday)
- Police and universal suffrage demonstrators are involved in a physical altercation in Brussels.
- Born: Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer, in Copenhagen (died 1971)
February 13, 1902 (Thursday)
- An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes Shamakhi District, Azerbaijan, resulting in 86 deaths, 60 injuries and the loss of over 3000 homes.[3]
- The 1902 World Figure Skating Championships takes place in London, UK. Only four skaters participate in the singles competition, which is won by Ulrich Salchow of Sweden.[4]
February 14, 1902 (Friday)
- Born: Thelma Ritter, US actress, in New York City (died 1969)
February 15, 1902 (Saturday)
- The Stammstrecke" route of the Berlin U-Bahn underground transport system is opened, and immediately becomes popular.[5]
- Died: Viggo Hørup, 60, Danish politician (cancer)
February 17, 1902 (Monday)
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, the Progressive Liberal Party wins 89 of the 189 seats.[6]
February 18, 1902 (Tuesday)
- U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt prosecutes the Northern Securities Company for violation of the Sherman Act.
- The first performance of Jules Massenet's opera Le jongleur de Notre-Dame takes place at the Opéra Garnier in Monte Carlo.[7]
- Died: Albert Bierstadt, 72, German-born American painter
February 19, 1902 (Wednesday)
- Born:
- Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- Eddie Peabody, American musician (d. 1970)
February 20, 1902 (Thursday)
- Born: Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)
February 22, 1902 (Saturday)
- The 1902 British Home Championship soccer tournament kicks off in Cardiff, with Ireland defeating Wales 3–0.[8]
February 25, 1902 (Tuesday)
- The British sailing ship Liverpool, en route from Antwerp to San Francisco, hits rocks at Hommeaux Florains, on Alderney in the Channel Islands, in fog. All on board survive the incident.[9][10]
February 26, 1902 (Wednesday)
- In the North Kilkenny by-election, brought about by the resignation of the sitting MP Patrick McDermott of the Irish Parliamentary Party, Joseph Devlin stands unopposed and retains the seat on behalf of the IPP.
February 27, 1902 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Gene Sarazen, US golfer, in Harrison, New York (died 1999)
- John Steinbeck, US novelist, in Salinas, California (died 1968)
- Died: Harry "Breaker" Morant, 37, English-born Australian soldier, and his Australian-born comrade Peter Handcock, 44, executed for their part in revenge killings against Boer prisoners of war and civilians in Northern Transvaal, during the Second Boer War.[11]
February 28, 1902 (Friday)
- Born: Marcela Paz, Chilean writer, in Santiago (died 1985)
References
- ↑ Preston, Diana (1999). A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions (paperback ed.). London: Constable. pp. 45–46. ISBN 0-09-479530-4. OCLC 59395617.
- ↑ "The Fire of 1902". A history of Paterson, NJ. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ "19020213 AZERBAIJAN: SEMACHA; N IRAN". National Geophysical Data Center. February 13, 1902. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Absaliamova, I. V. (1997). Stletniaya Istoria Chempionatov Mira po Figurnomu Kataniu na Konkach (Odinochnoe Katanie) (in Russian). Moscow: FON. p. 122. ISBN 5-89022-046-2.
- ↑ Brian Hardy: The Berlin U-Bahn, Capital Transport, 1996, ISBN 1-85414-184-8
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Milnes R. Le jongleur de Notre-Dame. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
- ↑ Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
- ↑ "sv Liverpool".
- ↑ John Elsbury. "SHIPWRECKS NEAR ALDERNEY".
- ↑ Davey, Arthur (1987). Breaker Morant and the Bushveldt Carbineers, Second series no 18, Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town.
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