What Happened In December 1902 In History

Historical Events for December, 1902

• 14th » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific Telegraphy called telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
• 28th » The Syracuse Pros Syracuse Athletic Club World Series of Football (1902–1903) defeated the New York (World Series of Football) New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the indoor American football first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison

Famous Birthdays on December in 1902

• 1st » Rudolf Loo, Estonian wrestler (d. 1983)
• 3rd » Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot (d. 1976)
• 3rd » Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (d. 1993)
• 5th » Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
• 5th » Strom Thurmond, American educator, general, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (d. 2003)
• 7th » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (d. 1967)
• 8th » Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter (d. 1982)
• 9th » Margaret Hamilton, American actress, singer, and educator (d. 1985)
• 12th » Koloman Sokol, Slovak-American painter and illustrator (d. 2003)
• 13th » Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek philosopher and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1986)
• 13th » Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic (d. 1979)
• 14th » Frances Bavier, American actress (d. 1989)
• 15th » Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1983)
• 16th » Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
• 19th » Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)
• 20th » Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
• 20th » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (d. 1989)
• 23rd » Norman Maclean, American author and academic (d. 1990)
• 23rd » Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (d. 1987)
• 25th » Barton MacLane, American actor, singer, and playwright (d. 1969)
• 25th » William Bell (tuba player) named William Bell, American tuba player and educator (d. 1971)
• 26th » Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
• 28th » Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (d. 2001)
• 28th » Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator (d. 1988)
• 29th » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
• 31st » Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1982)

Famous Deaths for December 1902

• 4th » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 7th » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 14th » Julia Grant, American wife of Ulysses S. Grant, 21st List of First Ladies of the United States known as First Lady of the United States (b. 1826)
• 22nd » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 23rd » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)

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