November 1902

The following events occurred in November 1902:

November 1, 1902 (Saturday)

• Born: Eugen Jochum, German conductor, in Babenhausen (died 1987)

November 2, 1902 (Sunday)

• The Golden State Limited passenger train, running between Chicago and Los Angeles, USA, is inaugurated.^[1]
• Born: Princess Mafalda of Savoy, the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Elena of Montenegro, in Rome (died 1944)

November 3, 1902 (Monday)

• Australia's Postmaster-General James Drake opens an under-sea telegraph cable from Southport, Queensland, Australia, to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

November 4, 1902 (Tuesday)

• In the New York state election to elect the Governor and other officials, six Republicans and two Democrats emerge victorious, including Benjamin Odell, who retains the governorship.

November 5, 1902 (Wednesday)

• The Australian passenger ship SS Elingamite sinks near the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, after foundering in thick fog; 45 people lose their lives, but around 150 survivors are eventually rescued by other ships.^[2]
• In the UK's Cleveland by-election, caused by the resignation of Liberal MP, Sir Alfred Pease, Herbert Samuel retains the seat for the Liberals, with an increased majority.^[3]

November 6, 1902 (Thursday)

• In the UK, the Liverpool East Toxteth by-election, brought about by the resignation of sitting MP Augustus Frederick Warr is retained for the Conservatives by Austin Taylor.^[4]

November 9, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born: Anthony Asquith, British film director, son of H. H. Asquith and Margot Asquith, in London (died 1968)

November 10, 1902 (Monday)

• Italian politician Ferdinando Bocconi founds Bocconi University in Milan, in memory of his late son Luigi.^[5]
• In the Birthday Honours list of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, those honoured include art collector Max Waechter, Chief Justice of Hong Kong William Meigh Goodman, and Australian newspaper proprietor John Winthrop Hackett, all of whom receive knighthoods.^[6]

November 11, 1902 (Tuesday)

• Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visits his uncle, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, at Sandringham House, resulting in an agreement on future action, which would lead to the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03.^[7]
• Discovery Expedition: The supporting party, led by Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Adrian Wilson and Ernest Shackleton, overtakes Carsten Borchgrevink's Farthest South record of 78°50′.^[8]

November 15, 1902 (Saturday)

• The Hanoi exhibition world's fair opens in Hanoi, the capital of French Indochina.^[9]
• Gennaro Rubino unsuccessfully tries to assassinate King Leopold II of Belgium as the king is returning from his wife's memorial service in Brussels. Rubino is seized by the crowd and arrested by police.^[10]
• The Italian government, under an ailing Giuseppe Zanardelli, attempts to introduce various social reforms, including changes to taxation and a Divorce Bill.^[11]

November 17, 1902 (Monday)

• Born: Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, in Budapest (died 1995)

November 18, 1902 (Tuesday)

• British steamer SS Greenock collides with another steamer, SS Ape, near Gourock Bay and Cloch Point in the River Clyde. One crew member is lost.^[12]

November 19, 1902 (Wednesday)

November 20, 1902 (Thursday)

• The Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case, a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile, is decided in favour of Argentina.^[13]

November 21, 1902 (Friday)

• Edward Prior replaces James Dunsmuir as Premier of British Columbia, Canada.^[14]
• Born: Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician, in Shakhovskoye (died 1982)

November 22, 1902 (Saturday)

• Died:
  • Friedrich Alfred Krupp, 48, German industrialist (possible suicide)^[15][16]
  • Walter Reed, 51, US army physician (peritonitis)

November 23, 1902 (Sunday)

• Born: Victor Jory, Canadian actor, in Dawson City, Yukon (died 1982)

November 25, 1902 (Tuesday)

• The first round of voting in the New Zealand general election is held in the general electorates. A boundary redistribution had resulted in the abolition of three electorates.^[17]

November 26, 1902 (Wednesday)

• Italian opposition leader Sidney Sonnino tables a reform bill to alleviate poverty in the south of the country, by measures such as reducing land taxes in Sicily, Calabria and Sardinia.^[18]

November 30, 1902 (Sunday)

• American Old West: The second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years hard labor.

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