Agustín Lizárraga Discovers Machu Picchu, Lost City of the Incas – July 14, 1902
Date: July 14, 1902
Date: July 14, 1902
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. Date: January 28, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1902Macario Sakay Issues Presidential Order No. 1,…
At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains. Date: August 22, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1902Shiloh Baptist Church Stampede Kills 115 in Birmingham,…
The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu. Date: December 14, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1902Scott’s Discovery Expedition Reaches Farthest South in Antarctica, December…
Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes. Date: February 27, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1902Guatemala Earthquake Kills 800-2,000,…
The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California. Date: January 1, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1902Venice Campanile Collapses, Demolishing Loggetta, July…
Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa. Date: May 31, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1902 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1902First Anglo-Japanese Alliance Signed in London, January 30,…