WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1902
Find out what all happened February to October 1902

James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. (13. April 1902)

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. (8. May 1902)

The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens. (4. August 1902)

Cadillac Motor Company is founded. (22. August 1902)

Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President. (20. May 1902)

A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France. (1. September 1902)

Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake. (18. April 1902)

Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa. (31. May 1902)

Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg. (2. April 1902)

Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. (17. May 1902)

Second Boer War: In the Battle of Tweebosch, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey inflicts the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war. (7. March 1902)

Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York (21. July 1902)

The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal. (28. June 1902)

8 fishermen lose their lives in Galway Bay, County Galway, Ireland in the Galway Bay drowning tragedy. (4. May 1902)

Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride. (20. April 1902)

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation. (24. June 1902)

"Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California. (2. April 1902)

Real Madrid C.F. was founded. (6. March 1902)

The Campanile in St. Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta. (14. July 1902)

Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (9. August 1902)