WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1902
Find out what all happened January to December 1902

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

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

The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11-0, at the Pittsburgh Coliseum, to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league. (29. November 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)

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

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

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

The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu. (14. December 1902)

American Old West: Kid Curry Logan, second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor. (30. November 1902)

In the United States, a five-month strike by United Mine Workers ends. (21. October 1902)

The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. (28. January 1902)

Second Boer War: Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant is executed in Pretoria. (27. February 1902)

The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39-0, in the first ever professional American football night game. (21. November 1902)

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

Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile. (22. August 1902)

The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California. (1. January 1902)

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