What Happened on November 22, 1902

Famous Birthdays

  • Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Stanley Cup 1930, 31 Montreal Canadiens), born in Valleyfield, Quebec (d. 1990)
  • Emanuel Feuermann, American cellist (Chicago Symphony), born in Kolomyja, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Kolomyia, Ukraine) (d. 1942)
  • Ethel Smith [Goldsmith], American pop and Latin style Hammond organist ("Tico Tico", "Monkey on a String"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
  • Humphrey Gibbs, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1959-69), born in London (d. 1990)
Born in 1902

Famous Deaths

  • Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG - supplied the German Navy), dies of suspected suicide after being outed as a homosexual in Italian newspapers and in the German Social Democratic magazine Vorwärts
  • Septimus Winner, American songwriter ("Listen To The Mockingbird"), dies at 75
1902 Highlights

About November 22, 1902

Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 121 years, 4 months and 27 days
Leap Year: No

Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Sagittarius