History :: National Events in 1902

The following major events occurred in 1902: One of the popular ragtime tunes was Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" J. P. Morgan's U.S Steel announces $174 million profit in its first full statement to the stockholders  Carnegie Institute founded to promote research in the humanities and sciences  Michigan defeats Stanford 49 - 0 in the 1st Rose Bowl Game France: Miners win victory in the National Assembly as the work day is officially reduced to nine hours but the National Congress of Miners strikes for an 8-hour day  American pilot and first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean Charles Lindberg is born The American Automobile Association is formed May 5, 1902 Tennessee mine explosion kills 22 miners  May 12, 1902 145,000 miners strike in Pennsylvania over increased pay, shorter hours and better working conditions. The Nation worries if it will have enough home heating fuel Woodrow Wilson becomes President of Princeton University  The Military Academy at West Point turns 100 years old  The Twentieth Century Limited sets rail speed record covering New York to Chicago (481 miles) in 16 hours Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, the famous 3M, is founded Oliver Wendell Holmes appointed to the Unites States Supreme Court The American Buffalo is saved from extinction as Yellowstone Park takes in herds October 15, 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt names a panel of arbitrators to settle the coal strike with the final agreement accepted by the United Mine Workers Cadillac Company formed making its first car the sleek Runabout  Measles kills thousands along the Arctic coast Marconi sends messages across the Atlantic Ocean to Newfoundland  "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is published by Arthur Conan Doyle "In the Good Old Summertime" sells 1 million copies

Chronology National Events in 1902