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1902 April
Manchester United Football Club
are formed by John Henry Davies
in a name change from Newton
Heath. -
1902 May
Treaty of Vereeniging signed by the UK,
the South African Republic and the
Republic of the Orange Free State
bringing the Second Boer War to an end. -
1902 August
Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen
Alexandra at Westminster Abbey.
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1902 October
Launch of the Royal Navy's first submarine,
the Holland 1.
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1902 October
The first Borstal youth detention
centre is opened at Borstal, Kent. -
1902 December
The Balfour Education Act establishes
Local Education Authorities in and
permits them to build and maintain
secondary schools. -
1902 December
The British Army adopts a dark khaki
serge, replacing the traditional red
coat for regular wear.
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1902
Dr Ronald Ross, a British medical
doctor, wins the Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine for his work on
the transmission of malaria.
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1902
Marmite first produced, in Burton
upon Trent. It is made from yeast
extract, a by-product of beer brewing.
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1902
Will Barker founds Ealing Studios,
a television and film production
company. It is the oldest
continuously working studio facility
for film production in the world
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