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November 11, 1902: King Edward VII and nephew Kaiser Wilhelm II agree to British and German blockade of Venezuela
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November 15, 1902: Gennaro Rubino tries to assassinate Belgium's King Leopold II
November 15, 1902: Hanoi World's Fair opened in French Indochina

The following events occurred in November 1902:

November 1, 1902 (Saturday)

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November 2, 1902 (Sunday)

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November 3, 1902 (Monday)

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November 4, 1902 (Tuesday)

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  • An explosion of fireworks killed 15 people in New York City's Madison Square.[2]
  • The government of Venezuela announced that the revolution in the South American nation had ended.
  • William Redmond became the third Irish MP in the UK House of Commons to be arrested on charges of violating the Crimes Act.[2]
  • Election Day took place in 22 of the 46 states of the U.S., including New York.

November 5, 1902 (Wednesday)

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  • The sinking of the Australian passenger ship SS Elingamite killed 45 people as the vessel foundered near the Three Kings Islands in New Zealand, in a thick fog. Another 150 people were rescued.[3]
  • Elections were held in Austria for the lower house of parliament, the Reichsrat. The Christian Socialist Party won 50 of the 78 seats.
  • The UK House of Commons approved a $40 million package of financial aid to Britain's South African colonies.[2]
  • A French arbitration commission ruled that striking coal miners were not entitled to an increase in their wages.[2] Miners voted at Lens to return to work on November 13.

November 6, 1902 (Thursday)

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November 7, 1902 (Friday)

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November 8, 1902 (Saturday)

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  • A reciprocal trade treaty was signed by the United States and by the Dominion of Newfoundland, which was separate from Canada at the time.
  • Canada's government dispatched the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to stop a winter pilgrimage by a group of dissatisfied members of the Doukhobors, a religious group that had migrated to British Columbia from Russia.[2]

November 9, 1902 (Sunday)

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November 10, 1902 (Monday)

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November 11, 1902 (Tuesday)

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November 12, 1902 (Wednesday)

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  • Germany agreed to a U.S. proposal to submit the question, of whether the Chinese indemnity should be paid in gold or in silver, to the Hague Tribunal for a ruling.

November 13, 1902 (Thursday)

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  • Germany's Reichstag voted to amend its tariff bill to permit the German government to retaliate against any nations that discriminated against Germany and German nationals.[2]

November 14, 1902 (Friday)

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  • The newly formed Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, set up by agreement of labor and management representatives, began the taking of witness testimony as it opened its investigation in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

November 15, 1902 (Saturday)

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November 16, 1902 (Sunday)

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Berryman's Teddy Bear cartoon
  • The image and name of what would become the "Teddy bear" stuffed animal toy was created in an editorial cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman of The Washington Post. Captioned "Drawing the Line in Mississippi", the cartoon referred to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's work at settling a boundary dispute between the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana, but also to an incident two days earlier when Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub.[13][14] The cartoon, in turn, inspired toy manufacturer Morris Michtom to create the stuffed animal which he originally marketed as "Teddy's bear".[13]

November 17, 1902 (Monday)

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November 18, 1902 (Tuesday)

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  • The British steamer SS Greenock collided with another steamer, SS Ape, near Gourock Bay and Cloch Point in the River Clyde, Scotland. One crew member was lost.[15]

November 19, 1902 (Wednesday)

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November 20, 1902 (Thursday)

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November 21, 1902 (Friday)

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November 22, 1902 (Saturday)

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  • The House of Commons of the United Kingdom voted to abolish its tariff on imported sugar and to accept the Brussels Convention, despite the objections of Prime Minister Arthur J. Balfour.[17]
  • Died:

November 23, 1902 (Sunday)

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November 24, 1902 (Monday)

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  • U.S. President Roosevelt awarded the contract for construction of a transpacific undersea telegraph cable to the Commercial Cable Company.[17]

November 25, 1902 (Tuesday)

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November 26, 1902 (Wednesday)

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  • Italian opposition leader Sidney Sonnino tabled a reform bill intended to alleviate poverty in the impoverished southern part of the nation, by measures such as reducing land taxes in Sicily, Calabria and Sardinia.[22]

November 27, 1902 (Thursday)

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  • The Kingdom of Siam, now Thailand, suspended its production of silver coins.[17]

November 28, 1902 (Friday)

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November 29, 1902 (Saturday)

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  • At The Hague, Dutch judge Tobias Asser, issued his decision of the amount of damages to be awarded by the government of Russia, arising from the seizure of the boats of American seal hunters.[17]

November 30, 1902 (Sunday)

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References

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  1. ^ "Famous trains of North America". Railway World. 50 (1): 15–21. 5 January 1906.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Record of Current Events", The American Monthly Review of Reviews (December 1902), pp. 667-670
  3. ^ Robb, Douglas (1967). Medical Odyssey. Collins Bros & Co., Ltd. pp. 3–4.
  4. ^ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, p. 170 (194 in web page)
  5. ^ The Times, 15 September 1902 p6
  6. ^ "HISTORY AND MISSION – Bocconi University". Unibocconi.eu. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Birthday Honours". The Times. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 10.
  8. ^ Mitchell, Nancy (1999). The danger of dreams: German and American imperialism in Latin America. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 73–74.
  9. ^ * Wilson, Edward (1966). Savours, Ann (ed.). Diary of the Discovery Expedition. London: Blandford Press. p. 214. ISBN 0-7137-0431-4.
  10. ^ "Attentat contre le roi des Belges". La Meuse (in French). November 17, 1902. pp. 1–2.
  11. ^ "1902 L'exposition de Hanoi World Expo" (in French). Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  12. ^ "Proposed Reforms In Italy; Government Formulates Its Social Programme" (PDF). The New York Times. November 15, 1902.
  13. ^ a b "History of the Teddy Bear— Teddy Roosevelt and the teddy bear", by Mary Bellis, ThoughtCo.com
  14. ^ "Holt Collier: Guiding Roosevelt through the Mississippi Canebreaks", by Minor Ferris Buchanan, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website, archived on Archive.org
  15. ^ Moir, Peter. Clyde Shipwrecks. p. 31.
  16. ^ The Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case – full text at UN
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Record of Current Events", The American Monthly Review of Reviews (January 1903), pp. 27-30
  18. ^ University of Victoria, BC History Edward Gawler Prior
  19. ^ Michael Epkenhans, Ralf Stremmel: Friedrich Alfred Krupp. Ein Unternehmer im Kaiserreich. München 2010. page 14
  20. ^ Julius Meisbach: Friedrich Alfred Krupp – wie er lebte und starb, Verlag K.A.Stauff & Cie., Köln ca. 1903
  21. ^ Alan McRobie, Electoral Atlas of New Zealand (GP Books, 1989) ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  22. ^ Notes of "The Observer" in Rome; Why Baron Sonnino's Reform was Purely a Charity Measure, The New York Times, November 23, 1902
  23. ^ The Beira Post (Beira, Mozambique), December 13, 1902. p. 3