March 1902

March 6, 1902: Real Madrid F.C. founded in Spain

March 1, 1902: Alves elected President of Brazil

March 10, 1902: Thomas Edison's monopoly on motion pictures ended

Vice President-elect Brandão, who won't survive to be sworn in

The following events occurred in March 1902:

March 1, 1902 (Saturday)

• In Brazil's presidential election, Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote.^[1] Silviano Brandão, who is elected vice-president, does not live long enough to begin his term of office.
• The Canadian Amateur Hockey League season ends, with Montreal Hockey Club as champions.^[2]

March 4, 1902 (Tuesday)

March 6, 1902 (Thursday)

• Real Madrid C.F. is founded as Madrid Football Club.

March 7, 1902 (Friday)

• Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
• The US steamer Waesland collides with British steamer Harmonides off the coast of Anglesey, United Kingdom and sinks; two passengers are killed.^[3]
• Born:
  • Heinz Rühmann, German actor, in Essen (died 1994)
  • Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian soccer player, in Budapest (died 1977)
• Died: Pud Galvin, 45, US baseball player and MLB Hall of Famer

March 8, 1902 (Saturday)

• Jean Sibelius's Second Symphony is performed for the first time, by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society, conducted by Sibelius himself, in Helsinki.^[4]
• The Charron, Girardot et Voigt 1902 armoured car goes into service for the first time.^[5][6]

March 9, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born: Will Geer, US actor, in Frankfort, Indiana (died 1978)

March 10, 1902 (Monday)

• A Circuit Court prevents Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology.
• An antitrust suit is filed against the holding company that controls Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.^[7]

March 11, 1902 (Tuesday)

• In the Queensland state election, Robert Philp's Ministerial Party are returned with a reduced majority. It was the first Queensland state election where voting was completed on a single day.^[8]

March 13, 1902 (Thursday)

• Born: Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer, in Cairo (died 1991)

March 14, 1902 (Friday)

• Born: Archduke Gottfried of Austria, in Linz (died 1984)

March 15, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born: Carla Porta Musa, Italian essayist and poet, in Como (died 2012)

March 16, 1902 (Sunday)

March 17, 1902 (Monday)

• Born: Bobby Jones, US golfer, in Atlanta, Georgia (died 1971)

March 19, 1902 (Wednesday)

March 21, 1902 (Friday)

• Shannon Lass wins the 64th Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, Liverpool, UK.^[9]
• Born: Son House, US blues musician, in Lyon, Mississippi (died 1988)

March 23, 1902 (Sunday)

• Died: Kálmán Tisza, 71, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister 1875-90

March 24, 1902 (Monday)

• Born: Thomas Dewey, US politician, in Owosso, Michigan (died 1971)

March 25, 1902 (Tuesday)

• British schooner "John Ewin" gets into difficulties in the Teifi Estuary. After all crew are rescued by the lifeboat "Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare", the ship is wrecked.^[10]

March 26, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Died: Cecil Rhodes, 48, British businessman and imperialist politician (heart failure)^[11]

March 28, 1902 (Friday)

• Born: Dame Flora Robson, 82, English actress

March 29, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born:
  • William Walton, English composer, in Oldham (died 1983)
  • Marcel Aymé, French writer, in Joigny (died 1967)

March 30, 1902 (Sunday)

• The 1902 Paris–Roubaix cycle race is won by Lucien Lesna.^[12]
• Born:Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (d. 2007)

March 31, 1902 (Monday)

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