1902

1902

Second Boer War.

First movie theatre in the U.S. opens in Los Angeles.

Mount Pelée erupts in Martinique, annihilating almost all of the 36,000 residents of the town of Saint-Pierre.

Antikythera Mechanism discovered.

Teddy Roosevelt becomes first American president to ride in a car.

born: John Steinbeck, Max Ophüls, Meyer Lansky, Khomeini

died: Emile Zola

Joseph Natus - The Fatal Rose of Red

Yeah, just one file today. (How many songs from 1902 do YOU have?) On the plus side, this is the first appearance, in my chronological program, of actual pop music. Really, really old pop music, but still.