Timeline June 1902

Events in June 1902 6

• 1835 – 1902 Samuel Butler (1835-1902) Died 18 June 1902, aged 66 Butler was an English novelist and satirist best known for his utopian novel "Erewhon" and his autobiographical novel "The Way of All Flesh," published posthumously. His work influenced later writers with its skepticism toward Victorian social conventions.
• 1902 Commonwealth Franchise Act Passed Australia grants women the federal vote The Australian Parliament passed the Commonwealth Franchise Act on June 12, giving most women the right to vote and stand for federal office. Australia became one of the first countries in the world to extend suffrage to women nationally, though the law excluded Aboriginal and other non-white Australians.
• 1902 – 1992 Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) Died 2 September 1992, aged 90 Barbara McClintock was an American geneticist who discovered transposable genetic elements, or "jumping genes," through her work on maize. She won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983, the only woman to win that prize unshared. Her research reshaped understanding of genome structure and regulation.
• 1902 – 1977 Guy Lombardo (1902-1977) Died 5 November 1977, aged 75 Guy Lombardo was a Canadian-American bandleader whose orchestra, the Royal Canadians, became synonymous with New Year's Eve broadcasts of Auld Lang Syne for decades. His recordings sold in the tens of millions.
• 1902 – 1909 The Swiss Patent Office Technical expert, third class, in Bern Grossmann's father recommended him, and Einstein started in Bern in June 1902 assessing electromagnetic patent applications. The work was quick for him and left mental room to spare. He later called the office the worldly cloister where his finest ideas were born.
• 1902 Spooner Act Authorizes Panama Canal US Congress chooses the Panama route The US Congress passed the Spooner Act on June 28, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia to build a canal across Panama rather than Nicaragua. It set in motion the negotiations that led to Panamanian independence and construction of the Panama Canal.