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January 1, 1902
On January 1, 1902, the first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
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Featured · January 1, 1902
The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football first gained popularity in the United States.
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1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1902nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 902nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 2nd year of the 20th…
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On January 1, 1902
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1902 The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California. College version of American/Canadian gridiron football
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football first gained popularity in the United States.
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- April 18 The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800 and 2,000.
- April 20 Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
- April 5 A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.
- August 22 The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
- August 22 Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
- August 22 At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
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