May 1902
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The following events occurred in May 1902:
May 2, 1902 (Friday)
- Born:Arturo Licata, Italian supercentenarian, world's oldest living man in 2013, last surviving man born in 1902 (d. 2014)
May 3, 1902 (Saturday)
- Born:Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
May 5, 1902 (Monday)
- The Commonwealth Public Service Act creates Australia's Public Service.
- Died:Bret Harte, American writer (b. 1836)
May 6, 1902 (Tuesday)
- Born:
- Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
- Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
- Died:William T. Sampson, American admiral (b. 1840)
May 7, 1902 (Wednesday)
- In Saint Vincent, La Soufrière erupts, devastating the northern portion of the island, killing 2,000 people
- Died:Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and founder of the Institute of Sisters of the Immaculata (b. 1818)
May 8, 1902 (Thursday)
- In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000.
- Born:André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
May 10, 1902 (Saturday)
- Born:David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
May 11, 1902 (Sunday)
- Born:Dick Curtis, American actor (d. 1952)
May 13, 1902 (Tuesday)
- Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.
May 15, 1902 (Thursday)
- Born:Richard J. Daley, American politician (d. 1976)
May 18, 1902 (Sunday)
- Born:Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
May 20, 1902 (Tuesday)
- Cuba gains independence from the United States.
May 21, 1902 (Wednesday)
- Born:
- Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
- Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
- Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
May 22, 1902 (Thursday)
- Born:Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)
May 26, 1902 (Monday)
- Died:Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
May 29, 1902 (Thursday)
- Lord Rosebery opens London School of Economics.
- Born:Henri Guillaumet, French aviator (d. 1940)
May 31, 1902 (Saturday)
- The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Boer War.
- Born:Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer (d. 1959)
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