About the day » Thursday May 1, 1902Calender converter

• Anna Jantz, Marion, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Aleida Johanna Hendrika Hofstede Crull, Hengelo (Overijssel) († 1971)
• Alle Berends de Jong, Rottevalle († 1985)
• Albertien Spier, Wildervank (Stadskanaal) († 2002)
• Aleida Johanna Hendrika Hofstede Crull, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1971)
• Albertien Jurriens Spier, Wildervank († 1964)
• Anja Dirkje Rollema, Veendam († 1983)
• Aafje Nater, Delft († 1902)
• Adriaan van Bakel, Heemstede
• Aaltje Schol, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)

• Anna Marina Kievit (2), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• adriana VISSER (0), zuid beijerland
• Wijbenga (0), IJlst
• Alida Mos (66), Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Josina du Preez (76), Doornkloof, Windhoek Rural, Khomas, Namibia
• Aaldert Veldhuizen (51), Weststellingwerf
• Alexander Beresford Gordon-Duff (0), Moray, Scotland
• Andries van Agteren, Woltersum,, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaldert Jans Veldhuizen (51), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Voskes (0), Lemele

• 1898 » Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter († 1972)
• 1900 » Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer († 1967)
• 1900 » Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician († 1978)
• 1901 » Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author († 1945)
• 1901 » Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1901 » Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic († 1989)
• 1905 » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1906 » Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician († 1983)
• 1907 » Hayes Alvis, American bassist († 1972)
• 1907 » Kate Smith, American singer and actress († 1986)

• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)

• 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.
• April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
• April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
• July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

The temperature on May 1, 1902 was between 3.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%).