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Born on Sunday March 2, 1902
Died on Sunday March 2, 1902

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 2, 1902 at Delpher


Born on March 2
  • 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
  • 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
  • 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
  • 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)
  • 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
  • 1905 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic († 1985)
  • 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)
  • 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)
  • 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)
  • 1912 » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter († 2001)

Died on March 2

Names that were popular for boys in 1902
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Petrus
  9. Jacob
  10. Jacobus
  11. Adrianus
  12. Arie
  13. Wilhelmus
  14. Dirk
  15. Hendrikus
  16. Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1902
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Adriana
  7. Elisabeth
  8. Hendrika
  9. Catharina
  10. Jacoba
  11. Aaltje
  12. Geertruida
  13. Petronella
  14. Grietje
  15. Neeltje
  16. Trijntje

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1902
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
  • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
  • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
  • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Weather March 2, 1902

The temperature on March 2, 1902 was between -0.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (74%).

Source: KNMI