September 1902 in History

Events in History

Sep 6 Morgan Beatty, American news anchor (Du Mont Evening News), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1975)
Sep 8 Nico Donkersloot, Dutch literary and writer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1965)
Sep 10 Toivo Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Wegwerkers), born in Kotka, Finland (d. 1957)
Sep 12 Juscelino Kubitschek, President Brazil (1955-60), born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (d. 1976)
Sep 13 Leland Hayward, American producer (Mister Roberts, Spirit of St Louis), born in Nebraska City, Nebraska (d. 1971)
Sep 19 Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist and historian, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1977)
Sep 20 Stevie [Florence Margaret] Smith, English poet and novelist (Not Waving but Drowning), born in Kingston upon Hull, England
Sep 21 Allen Lane, English publisher and founder of Penguin Books, born in Bristol, England (d. 1970)
Sep 22 F R Boschvogel [Frans Ramon], Flemish writer (War of Worlds), born in Aartrijk, Belgium (d. 1994)
Sep 23 Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (d. 2003)

Sep 24 Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), religious figure and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, born in Khomeyn, Persia

Sep 25 Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche), born in Kiel, Germany (d. 1972)

Sep 26 Italian-American mobster and crime boss (Murder Inc), born in Tropea, Calabria, Italy

Sep 5 German pathologist and politician (cell pathology), dies at 80

Sep 6 Frederick Able, English chemist and inventor (cordiet), dies at 75
Sep 6 Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86
Sep 9 Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, Governor of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
Sep 19 Maria Hendrika, Queen of the Belgians, dies
Sep 19 Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku & tanka poet and diarist (Salt Water Ballads), dies at 34
Sep 23 John Wesley Powell, American geologist, explorer (Grand Canyon) and ethnologist, dies at 68

Sep 26 German-born American clothing designer who founded the 1st company to manufacture blue jeans (Levi Strauss & Co.), dies at 73

Sep 28 Emile Zola, French writer and critic (J'accuse), dies at 62
Sep 29 William McGonagall, Scottish-Irish poet infamous as an extremely bad poet and considered the worst in British history (The Tay Bridge Disaster, The Famous Tay Whale), dies at 77