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The following events occurred inJune1902:
June 1, 1902 (Sunday)[edit]
- Canada's amendment to itsChinese Immigration Act of 1885took effect, doubling the "head tax"of C$50 to C$100 per person, with exceptions for tourists, diplomats and students.British Columbia,where most of the immigrants initially settled, was allowed to keep half of the tax.[1]In 1903, the rate would be increased to C$500 per person.
- Born:Rear AdmiralC. Wade McClusky,U.S. Navy aviator and hero in theBattle of Midway;inBuffalo, New York(d. 1976)
June 2, 1902 (Monday)[edit]
- A strikeby Americananthraciteminers inScranton, Pennsylvania,escalated as maintenance employees join the industrial action by theUnited Mine Workers.[2]
- Edward Elgar's latest composition,Land of Hope and Glory(adapted from one of Elgar'sPomp and Circumstance Marcheswith lyrics byA. C. Benson) was performed in public for the first time, byClara Butt.[3]
- In theelection for the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon,DemocratGeorge Earle Chamberlainwon with 46.17% of the vote.[4]
- TheCongregation of Christian Brotherscelebrated its centenary withHigh MassatHoly Name CathedralinChicago.
June 3, 1902 (Tuesday)[edit]
- France's Prime MinisterPierre Waldeck-Rousseauand his cabinet left office following his May 23 announcement.[5]
- Died:John Henry Barrows,55, American Presbyterian clergyman, President ofOberlin Collegeand proponent of theParliament of the World's Religionsinterfaith movement.
June 4, 1902 (Wednesday)[edit]
- Eight Welsh coal miners were killed in an accident at Fochrhiw Colliery inDowlais,Wales.[6]
- Michael Henry Herbertwas named as the newBritish Ambassador to the United States,to succeed the lateLord Pauncefote.[5]
June 5, 1902 (Thursday)[edit]
- The1902 Open Championshipgolf tournament was won bySandy Herd.[7]
- Died:
- SirDaniel Cooper,80, English-Australian politician who served as the first speaker of the legislature of theColony of New South Waleswhen the colony was first granted self-government in 1856; at the time, the colony included the territory of the present states ofNew South WalesandQueensland(which was made a separate colony in 1859). (b.1821)
- Louis J. Weichmann,60, a leading prosecution witness in the trial of the co-conspirators ofJohn Wilkes Boothin the attempted assassination of various members of the U.S. government in 1865 (b.1842)[5]
June 6, 1902 (Friday)[edit]
- Émile Combesformed a government as the newPrime Minister of France.[5]
- A new constitution for theCommonwealth of Virginia,one of the 45 states of theUnited States,was approved by the Virginia Constitutional Commission by a vote of 90 to 10.[5]The new constitution provided forliteracy testsforAfrican Americansand other person who was not a former member of theConfederate States Armynor the children or descendants of aConfederate States Armyveteran.
June 7, 1902 (Saturday)[edit]
- TheSSThomas Wilson,an Americanwhalebackfreighter operating in theGreat Lakes,collided with the steamerGeorge Hadleyand sank in minutes, with the loss of its cargo and nine crew members.[8]
- Italytook possession of aconcession in Tientsin,China,installing a consul.[9]
- On the same day that the meatpackers strike inChicagowas settled,bituminous coalminers went on strike inVirginiaandWest Virginia.[5]
June 8, 1902 (Sunday)[edit]
- TheKīlaueavolcano began erupting on the island ofHawaii.[5]
- U.S. PresidentTheodore Rooseveltasked theCommissioner of Labor,Carroll D. Wright,to look into the ongoingcoal strikeand seek possible solutions. When the employers refused to negotiate, Roosevelt was dissuaded from intervening.[10]
- Born:
- James S. Rockefeller,U.S. banker and former captain of the U.S. rowing team that won the gold medal in the1924 Summer Olympics(d. 2004)
- James T. Berryman,American editorial cartoonist andPulitzer Prizewinner; inWashington D.C.(d. 1971)
- Died:Charles Ingalls,66, American farmer known from theLittle House on the Prairiebooks written by his daughter,Laura Ingalls Wilder,and thetelevision series adaptation,in which he was portrayed byMichael Landon.(b.1836)
June 9, 1902 (Monday)[edit]
- Mexican soldiers massacred almost 200 men, women and children of theYaqui Indian tribe.[5]
- Gustav Mahler'sSymphony No. 3was performed in its entirety for the first time, atKrefeld,Germany,conducted by the composer.
- Cuba's PresidentTomás Estrada Palmagranted amnesty to all American citizens who were incarcerated inCuba,whether convicted of a crime or awaiting trial.[5]Jurisdiction over the prisoners was transferred to theUnited States government.[5]
- ProfessorWoodrow Wilsonwas chosen as President ofPrinceton University,succeeding Francis L. Patton.[5]
- Born:Nehemiah "Skip" James,African-American blues musician; inBentonia, Mississippi(d. 1969)
June 10, 1902 (Tuesday)[edit]
- Thomas Thornycroft's statue ofBoadicea and Her Daughters,erected on Victoria Embankment inLondon,was made visible to the public by removal of the surrounding hoardings, without an official unveiling. The sculptor had died 17 years earlier.[11]
- Died:
- Jacint Verdaguer,57, Spanish Catalan poet and proponent ofCatalan nationalism(b.1845)
- Auguste Schmidt,68, German educator, novelist and feminist (b.1833)
June 11, 1902 (Wednesday)[edit]
- Arthur LynchofIreland,who was elected to theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdomin absentiawhile living inParis,was indicted for high treason for becoming an officer for the Army of theSouth African Republicwhile the South Africans were fighting against theBritish Armyduring theSecond Boer War.[5]Lynch, an Irish war correspondent, had joined the enemy army after being persuaded that theUnited Kingdom's participation in the war was improper, then fled before he could be captured. Nominated as a candidate for theIrish Parliamentary Party,Lynch won election in 1901 from theGalway constituency.
- TheEight-Nation Alliancepowers affected by the 1900Boxer RebellioninChinaagreed to reduce theChinese Empire'sindemnity to the affected nations by ten million dollars.[5]
- An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck in the seabed beneath theSea of OkhotskinRussia.[12]
- InJapan,theChūō rail linefromOchanomizutoShiojiriwas completed.
- Died:SidiAli III ibn al-Husayn,84, theBey of Tunisduring theNorth African kingdom'speriod as aFrench protectorate.Ali III was succeeded by his son,Muhammad IV al-Hadi.(b.1817)
June 12, 1902 (Thursday)[edit]
- TheCommonwealth Franchise Act 1902received Royal Assent, granting universal suffrage for federal elections inAustraliafor British subjects over 21 years of age who have lived in Australia for six months. This made Australia the second country to grant women's suffrage at a national level and the first to allow women to stand for parliament. However, indigenous people fromAustralia,Asia,Africaand thePacific Islands(with the exception ofMāori) were disqualified.[13]
- France's Chamber of Deputiesvoted its confidence in the new government ofPrime MinisterÉmile Combes.[5]
June 13, 1902 (Friday)[edit]
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- George Herman Ruth, Jr.,an uncontrollable 7-year-old truant, was turned over to the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys inBaltimoreafter his mother was unable to take care of him. George would spend the next 12 years living and working at the school, and develop his athletic ability to become one of the greatestMajor League Baseballplayers in history and acquire the nickname "Babe Ruth".[14][15]
- The U.S. state ofTexaspassed an appropriations bill for one million dollars to excavate a ship channel to turn the town ofHouston(population 45,000) into a deepwater port, despite the town's distance of 50 miles (80 km) from theGulf of Mexico.[16]The channel was constructed fromGalvestonto the city ofHarrisburg,which would be annexed intoHoustonin 1926.Houstonis now the fourth-most populous city in theUnited Stateswith a population of 2.3 million people and ametropolitan areaof seven million.
- TheMinnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company,now known as3M,was founded by five investors inTwo Harbors, Minnesota.[17]The company was formally incorporated almost five weeks later on July 15.[18]
June 14, 1902 (Saturday)[edit]
- Prince FerdinandofBulgariaandTsar Nicholas IIof theRussian Empiresigned a military alliance providing for mutual aid in the event of an attack on either one of them by theKingdom of Romania.[19]
June 15, 1902 (Sunday)[edit]
- TheNew York Central Railroadinaugurated its20th Century Limitedpassenger train service betweenChicagoandNew York City.Aimed at business travelers, it offered a barbershop and secretarial services.[20]
June 16, 1902 (Monday)[edit]
- GranedefeatedOdds2-0, to win the final of the1902 Norwegian Football Cup.
- In a letter toGottlob Frege,Bertrand Russellfirst described a mathematical problem that would later become known asRussell's paradox.[21]
- Cuba's first ambassador to theUnited States,Gonzalo de Quesada, was received at theWhite Houseby PresidentTheodore Roosevelt.
- Born:Barbara McClintock,American geneticist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine;inHartford, Connecticut(d.1992)
June 17, 1902 (Tuesday)[edit]
- Norwich City Football Clubwas formed at a meeting at the Criterion Cafe inNorwich.[22][23]
- U.S. PresidentTheodore Rooseveltsigned theNewlands Reclamation Actinto law, providing irrigation for the dry land of 10 of the western U.S. states and three U.S. territories (Arizona,New MexicoandOklahoma).
June 18, 1902 (Wednesday)[edit]
- HMASEncounter,a BritishRoyal Navycruiser, was launched atHM Dockyard Devonport.Lady Sturges Jackson, wife ofVice-AdmiralSir Thomas Sturges Jackson,Admiral-Superintendent ofDevonport,performed the ceremony.[24]
- Died:
- Samuel Butler,66, English novelist known for his 1872 novelErewhon(b.1835)[25]
- James Macaulay,85, Scottish physician, editor and crusader againstvivisection(b.1817)
June 19, 1902 (Thursday)[edit]
- TheUnited States Senatevoted, 42 to 34, to build a canal between theAtlanticandPacific Oceansacross theIsthmus of Panama,rather than acrossNicaragua,the preference of theUnited States House of Representatives.[26]
- Died:
- KingAlbert of Saxony,74, German monarch within the German Empire since 1873 (b.1828). He was succeeded by his 69-year-old brother,King George,who would reign for two years.
- Lord Acton,68, British historian and political adviser known for coining the phrase "absolute power corrupts absolutely" (b.1834)
June 20, 1902 (Friday)[edit]
- TheWhite HouseinWashington, D.C.announced that it would temporarily discontinue visits by the general public and state dinners because of extensive remodeling and construction to be made on the first and second floors of the U.S. presidential residence and offices. Effective Saturday, "only Cabinet Officers, Senators, Representatives and such other callers as may have business of such urgency as to require his personal attention"[27]would be received by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt,pending completion of the renovation of the Executive Mansion and the building of a new Executive Office Building.[28]
June 21, 1902 (Saturday)[edit]
- Russiawithdrew from further governing of the Chinese city ofTianjinby theEight-Nation Alliance.[29]
June 22, 1902 (Sunday)[edit]
- Twenty-five people were killed and 35 seriously injured when lightning struck a church during a funeral service at the village of Piñeiro in theProvince of Ourense,Spain.[30][31]
- Born:Henri Deglane,French wrestler who won the gold medal inGreco-Roman wrestlingin the1924 Summer Olympics,then went on to a career in U.S. professional wrestling as the 1931 heavyweight champion of theAmerican Wrestling Association(AWA); inLimoges,Haute-Vienne(d.1975)
June 23, 1902 (Monday)[edit]
- Lord Milnerwas sworn into office as the first British colonial governor of theOrange River Colony,formerly the independentOrange Free State,which ceased to be a republic following its May 31 surrender to theBritish Empireto close theSecond Boer War.Milner had previously been administrator of British-occupied portions of the republic before the creation of the colonial government.[29]
- The1902 Wimbledon tennis tournamentopened at theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet ClubatWimbledon,a district ofLondon.[32]
- Hurricane Twomade landfall nearCorpus Christi, Texas,with winds of 70 mph.[33]
June 24, 1902 (Tuesday)[edit]
- TheTargetdepartment store chain was founded, asMinneapolisfinancierGeorge Daytonacquired Goodfellow's Dry Goods Store. After moving into a newly built six-story building in 1903, Goodfellow's would be renamed the Dayton Department Store and would open the first Target store on May 1, 1962, in the nearby suburb ofRoseville.
- KingEdward VIIof theUnited Kingdomunderwent an emergencyappendectomy,and his coronation, scheduled for June 26, was postponed indefinitely.[29]
- Born:Juan Antonio Yanes,Venezuelan sports executive and co-founder (in 1945) of theVenezuelan Professional Baseball Leagueas owner of thePatriotas de Venezuela;inCaracas(d. 1987)
- Died:George Leake,45,Premier of Western Australia,ofpneumonia(b.1856). Leake remains the only Western Australian state premier ever to die in office.[34]
June 25, 1902 (Wednesday)[edit]
- ThePopulist Partyin theUnited Statesallied with theDemocratic Partyin bothNebraskaandSouth Dakota,where the formerly rival parties agreed on a "fusion ticket" for a gubernatorial nominee.[29]
- Born:Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu,member of the Japanese royal family and Japanese Imperial Navy admiral; inTokyo.The second son ofEmperor Yoshihitoand younger brother of theEmperor Hirohito,he was second in line for succession during Yoshihito's reign from 1912 to 1925, but never the crown prince. He died of tuberculosis in 1950.
June 26, 1902 (Thursday)[edit]
- KingEdward VIIof theUnited Kingdominstituted theOrder of Merit.Membership was restricted to no more than 24British Commonwealthcitizens at any one time.[35]Thefirst 12 people honouredincluded heroes of the recently concludedSecond Boer War:Lord Roberts,Lord WolseleyandLord Kitchener.[29]
- Born:Hugues Cuénod,Swiss operatic tenor; inCorsier-sur-Vevey(d.2010)
June 27, 1902 (Friday)[edit]
- In theU.S. National women's tennis championship,held inPhiladelphia,Marion Jonesdefeated reigning championElisabeth Moore6–1, 1–0, to win the singles title, after Moore became ill and was forced to concede.[36]
- France's government ordered the closing of 120 schools for girls that had been established illegally after the passage of the Religious Associations Law.[29]
- Galveston, Texas,broke a record for rainfall in one day as a result ofHurricane Two.[33]
June 28, 1902 (Saturday)[edit]
- TheTriple AlliancebetweenGermany,Austria-Hungary,andItaly,originally formed in 1882, was renewed.[37]
- Following the failure of his legislation for reform of voting rights,Fredrik von Otterannounced his resignation asPrime Minister of Sweden,along with his entire cabinet.[29]Otter's predecessor,Erik Boström,was asked byKingOscar IIto form a new government, which was constituted on July 5.
- Born:Richard Rodgers,American melody composer for stagemusicalsas part of the songwriting team of Rodgers and Hart, and later for Rodgers and Hammerstein; inNew York City(d.1979)
June 29, 1902 (Sunday)[edit]
- The "Paris-Vienna Trail" motor race was won byMarcel Renault(France) driving aRenaultin a time of 15 hours, 47 minutes and 43 seconds. The race, in retrospect, is sometimes referred to as theVII Grand Prix de l'ACF.[38]
June 30, 1902 (Monday)[edit]
- The1902 Colonial Conference,attended by the premiers of the British Empire's colonies from around the world, was opened by Colonial SecretaryJoseph Chamberlainin London.[29]Chamberlain had summoned the administrators, to discussImperial Preference,whereby a system offree tradeagreements betweendominionsandcolonieswithin theBritish Empiremight be introduced.[39]
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