January 1902

The following events occurred in January 1902:

January 1, 1902 (Wednesday)

• The first college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses.
• Born:Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)

January 2, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born:Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)

January 8, 1902 (Wednesday)

• A train collision in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel kills 17, injures 38, and leads to increased demand for electric trains and led to the banning of Steam locomotives in New York City.

January 9, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born:
  • Sir Rudolf Bing, Austrian-born British opera manager (d. 1997)
  • Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest (d. 1975)
  • Ann Nixon Cooper, African-American civil rights activist (d. 2009)

January 10, 1902 (Friday)

• Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's first registered nurse.

January 11, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
• Died:Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)

January 12, 1902 (Sunday)

• Uddevalla Suffrage Association is officially dissolved.
• Born:King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)

January 15, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Born:Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish poet (d. 1963)

January 16, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born:Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)

January 20, 1902 (Monday)

• Born:
  • Kevin Barry, Irish republican (d. 1920)
  • Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)

January 22, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Born:Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)

January 23, 1902 (Thursday)

• A snowstorm at Mount Hakkoda, northern Honshu, Japan, kills 199 during a military training exercise.

January 24, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:E. A. Speiser, American biblical scholar (d. 1965)

January 25, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:
  • André Beaufre, French general (d. 1975)
  • Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (d. 1975)

January 26, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born:Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)

January 28, 1902 (Tuesday)

• The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.

January 31, 1902 (Friday)

• Born:
  • Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
  • Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1986)

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