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Year 1902

John Taylor Gatto has stated that the concept of 'adolescence' was invented in 1902, as a method of prolonging childish dependence though schools.

Colonial Conference

Full article: 1902 Colonial Conference

Pilgrims Society

Full article: The_Pilgrims_Society

The The_Pilgrims_Society was start as an dining club. It continues to this day and has became particularly important as a meeting place of bankers, diplomats and politicians.

Events

• January 28 – The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, D.C., to promote scientific research with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• January 30 – The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed.
• February 27 – Australian officers Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock are executed for the murder of Boer prisoners of war near Louis Trichardt.
• May 20 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.
• May 31 – The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Boer War.
• July 2 – Philippine–American War ends.
• July 11 – Lord Salisbury retires as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• August 9 – Coronation of Edward VII as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India at Westminster Abbey in London.
• October 16 – The first Borstal (youth offenders' institution) opens in Borstal, Kent, U.K.
• October 21 – A five-month strike by the United Mine Workers in the United States ends.
  • King Leopold II of Belgium survives an attempted assassination in Brussels by Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino.
• December–February 1903 – Venezuelan crisis: Britain, Germany and Italy sustain a naval blockade on Venezuela, in order to enforce collection of outstanding financial claims. This prompts the development of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
• December 10 – The first Aswan Dam on the Nile is completed.
• December 17 – The Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnue Agenstvo), predecessor of TASS, is officially established under the Ministry of Finance at Saint Petersburg in the Russian Empire.

 

Events

Event	Date	Description
Pax Brittanica
Dreyfus Affair
1902 Colonial Conference

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Alcan		Commercial
Victoria College (Alexandria)			Founded in 1902 to educate Arab upper class loyal to Britain; nationalized in 1956.
Anglia Ruskin University		University	Has been named as one of the most upwardly mobile universities in the world<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>
Bocconi University			"the Harvard of Italy"
Guizhou University			The flagship institution of higher learning in Guizhou province, China.
The Pilgrims Society		Secret society	A very low profile group that has been in operation for over a century and has Elizabeth Regina as its patron. Members include ministers, diplomats, CEOs and others. Who knows what this "dining society" discusses over dinner?...

 

Deaths

Title	Born	Died	Place of death	Cause of death	Summary
Jerome Preston	28 January 1834	27 January 1902			Businessperson
Cecil Rhodes	5 July 1853	26 March 1902	Muizenberg Cape Colony	Heart attack	Deep politician Businessperson
John Dalberg-Acton	10 January 1834	19 June 1902	Germany Bavaria Tegernsee		Author Politician Historian
Émile Zola	2 April 1840	29 September 1902	France Paris		Author Journalist Playwright

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
John D. Miller	1902		1977	Journalist Propagandist
Anna Wolkoff	1902		2 August 1973	Spook
Antonina Porfirieva	1902	Russia	February 1996	Spook
Antoine Guerini	1902		1967	Crime boss
Heinrich Deist	1902	Wilhelmshaven	8 March 1964	Economist	German politician
Fuat Alpkartal	1902	Istanbul	April 1978	Diplomat Politician	A Turkish politician who attended the 1959 Bilderberg
John McCone	4 January 1902	California San Francisco	14 February 1991	Spook Businessperson
Hubert Beuve-Mery	5 January 1902	France Paris	6 August 1989	Journalist Editor	Founder of Le Monde
Joseph Civello	3 February 1902		17 January 1970	Crime boss
Hartley Shawcross	4 February 1902		10 July 2003	Politician Lawyer
Charles Lindbergh	4 February 1902		26 August 1974	Pilot
Mike Monroney	2 March 1902	Oklahoma U.S. Oklahoma City	13 February 1980	Politician	US politician who attended two early Bilderbergs
C. D. Jackson	16 March 1902		18 September 1964	Spook Soldier Propagandist JFK/Assassination/Premature death Deep state operative	OSS, US Deep sate operative, first Bilderberg
Thomas Dewey	24 March 1902	Michigan Owosso U.S.	16 March 1971	Politician Lawyer Businessperson	Governor of New York, US lawyer, attended the 1957 February Bilderberg
Reinhard Gehlen	3 April 1902	Germany Erfurt	8 June 1979	Spook Soldier
Arnold Heeney	5 April 1902	Montreal Quebec	20 December 1970	Diplomat Lawyer Civil servant Deep state actor	Deep State Canadian civil servant, then Ambassador to the United States. When PM Diefenbaker showed signs of independence, Heeney spent much time lobbying his own government against it.
Anthony Buzzard	28 April 1902	Derbyshire East Midlands	10 March 1972	Spook Mariner	Director of UK Naval Intelligence from 1951-1954.
George Nebolsine	1 May 1902	Russia Sevastopol	March 1964	Lawyer Deep state operative	Russian born naturalised US lawyer who attended all Bilderberg meetings until his death in 1964
Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	3 May 1902		29 June 1983	Soldier Politician
Wilfrid Baumgartner	21 May 1902	France Paris	1 June 1978	Politician Central banker	Governor of the Bank of France, Bilderberg Steering Committee
James Stillman Rockefeller	8 June 1902		10 August 2004	Banker Rockefeller family Athlete
Meyer Lansky	4 July 1902	Russian Empire Grodno	15 January 1983
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr	5 July 1902	Massachusetts Nahant U.S.	27 February 1985
Jean Rey	15 July 1902	Belgium Liège	19 May 1983	Politician
Laurence H. Frost	22 July 1902	Fayetteville Arkansas	23 May 1977	Spook
Paul Huvelin	22 July 1902	France Chorey-les-Beaune	8 October 1995	Businessperson	French business leader. Attended Bilderberg the year before becoming leader of the National Council of French Employers (the Patronat).
John Cordeaux	23 July 1902		4 January 1982	Spook Politician
H. J. Kruls	1 August 1902	Netherlands Amsterdam	13 December 1975	Soldier	Explosive Dutch general during World War 2. Trusted liaison of Prince Bernhard, former head advisor for the board of directors of KLM. Bilderberger.
Dutch Schultz	6 August 1902		24 October 1935	Crime boss
John Baker-White	12 August 1902		10 December 1988	Spook Politician Propagandist
Giulio Pastore	17 August 1902	Italy Genoa	14 October 1969	Politician Labor leader	Italian labor leader who attended two Bilderbergs in the 1950s
Omer Becu	21 August 1902	Belgium Oostende	9 October 1982	Union organizer	Belgian labor leader, two Bilderbergs in the 1950s
Paul Massing	30 August 1902		30 April 1979	Spook Academic Sociologist
Halvard Lange	16 September 1902		19 May 1970	Diplomat Politician	Suspected Norwegian deep state operative. Norwegian Foreign minister for nearly 20 years.
Jean Bourgknecht	16 September 1902		23 December 1964	Politician
Ruhollah Khomeini	24 September 1902	Khomeyn Persian Empire	3 June 1989
Elliott Bell	25 September 1902		January 1983	Journalist Financier	Financial writer for The New York Times, Superintendent of Banks. Attended the 1960 and 1962 Bilderbergs
Siegmund Warburg	30 September 1902	Germany Seeburg	22 October 1982	Spook Banker	Spooky banker who co-founded S. G. Warburg & Co., employed Anthony Griffin.
Pieter Lieftinck	30 September 1902	Muiden	9 July 1989	Politician Academic Businessperson	Dutch Minister of Finance for 7 years just after WW2. Attended the February 1957 Bilderberg Meeting
Lauchlin Currie	8 October 1902	Nova Scotia Canadian Confederation	23 December 1993
Finn Moe	12 October 1902	Norway Bergen	6 August 1971	Journalist Politician	Transatlantic and pro-EU Norwegian politician who attended the First Bilderberg and two more in the 1950s
Moe Finn	12 October 1902		6 August 1971	Journalist Politician	Norwegian journalist and politician who attended the 1956 Bilderberg
Marius Holtrop	2 November 1902		1 April 1988	Economist Central banker	Central banker. Worked for Shell in the 1930s. Was part of the commission that exposed Prince Bernhard's Lockheed Bribery Affair
Charles Spofford	17 November 1902		23 March 1991	Lawyer Deep state operative	Penta Bilderberger lawyer and suspected US deep state operative
David McDonald	22 November 1902		8 August 1979	Union organizer	US labor leader who attended the February 1957 Bilderberg
Strom Thurmond	5 December 1902	South Carolina Edgefield U.S.	26 June 2003	Politician
Rab Butler	9 December 1902	British Raj Attock Serai	8 March 1982
Sidney Hook	20 December 1902	New York	12 July 1989	Philosopher

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