January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
Day of death July 7, 1902
The temperature on July 7, 1902 was between 7.5 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (77%). Source: KNMI
January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
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