1902

1902 was the 31st year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

• September 17–19: The 1902 National Baptist Convention ended with more than 100 people dying in a stampede following remarks by Booker T. Washington at Shiloh Baptist Church.

Sports

• October 18: The Alabama Polytechnic Institute defeated the University of Alabama 23-0 at the Slag Pile in a still-budding cross-state rivalry.

Individuals

Births

• January 31: Tallulah Bankhead, actress
• February 5: Gordon Persons, Governor of Alabama
• April 24: Ernest Ferrara, warehouse and repair station manager
• September 12: Clarence Allgood, judge
• December 20: Walter Roland, blues musician
• Morris Benson, community leader
• Orville Schanbacher, Loveman's president

Deaths

• August 28: John Flowers, Bessemer police officer (killed)

Works

Buildings

• Avondale Marble Works building
• Birmingham Ledger building
• Birmingham Medical College
• Birmingham Trust building (original)
• Booker City High School
• Robert Jemison, Sr residence, Glen Iris Park
• Meadows Mill Bridge
• Moody Annex
• Third Presbyterian Church (current building)
• Woodward Building

Context

In 1902, the first college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, was held in Pasadena, California. The British won the Second Boer War, annexing the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Electric Theatre, the first movie theater in the United States, opened in Los Angeles. Cuba gained independence from the United States. Lord Salisbury retired as British prime minister. Edward VII was crowned King of the United Kingdom.

1900s

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