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March 1902

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The following events occurred in March 1902:

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March 1, 1902 (Saturday)

  • In Brazil's presidential election, Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote. Silviano Brandão, who is elected vice-president, does not live long enough to begin his term of office.
  • The Canadian Amateur Hockey League season ends, with Montreal Hockey Club as champions.

    • March 6, 1902 (Thursday)

  • Real Madrid C.F. is founded as Madrid Football Club.

    • March 7, 1902 (Friday)

  • Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
  • The US steamer Waesland collides with British steamer Harmonides off the coast of Anglesey, United Kingdom and sinks; two passengers are killed.
  • Born:
  • Heinz Rühmann, German actor, in Essen (died 1994)
  • Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian soccer player, in Budapest (died 1977)
  • Died: Pud Galvin, 45, US baseball player and MLB Hall of Famer

    • March 8, 1902 (Saturday)

  • Jean Sibelius's Second Symphony is performed for the first time, by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society, conducted by Sibelius himself, in Helsinki.
  • The Charron, Girardot et Voigt 1902 armoured car goes into service for the first time.

    • March 9, 1902 (Sunday)

  • Born: Will Geer, US actor, in Frankfort, Indiana (died 1978)

    • March 10, 1902 (Monday)

  • A Circuit Court prevents Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology.
  • An antitrust suit is filed against the holding company that controls Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.

    • March 11, 1902 (Tuesday)

  • In the Queensland state election, Robert Philp's Ministerial Party are returned with a reduced majority. It was the first Queensland state election where voting was completed on a single day.

    • March 13, 1902 (Thursday)

  • Born: Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer, in Cairo (died 1991)

    • March 14, 1902 (Friday)

  • Born: Archduke Gottfried of Austria, in Linz (died 1984)

    • March 15, 1902 (Saturday)

  • Born: Carla Porta Musa, Italian essayist and poet, in Como (died 2012)

    • March 17, 1902 (Monday)

  • Born: Bobby Jones, US golfer, in Atlanta, Georgia (died 1971)

    • March 21, 1902 (Friday)

  • Shannon Lass wins the 64th Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, Liverpool, UK.
  • Born: Son House, US blues musician, in Lyon, Mississippi (died 1988)

    • March 23, 1902 (Sunday)

  • Died: Kálmán Tisza, 71, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister 1875-90

    • March 24, 1902 (Monday)

  • Born: Thomas Dewey, US politician, in Owosso, Michigan (died 1971)

    • March 25, 1902 (Tuesday)

  • British schooner "John Ewin" gets into difficulties in the Teifi Estuary. After all crew are rescued by the lifeboat "Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare", the ship is wrecked.

    • March 26, 1902 (Wednesday)

  • Died: Cecil Rhodes, 48, British businessman and imperialist politician (heart failure)

    • March 28, 1902 (Friday)

  • Born: Dame Flora Robson, 82, English actress

    • March 29, 1902 (Saturday)

  • Born:
  • William Walton, English composer, in Oldham (died 1983)
  • Marcel Aymé, French writer, in Joigny (died 1967)

    • March 30, 1902 (Sunday)

  • The 1902 Paris–Roubaix cycle race is won by Lucien Lesna.
  • Born:Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (d. 2007)

    • References

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