Editing 1902 (section)

=== January ===
{{Main|January 1902}}
[[File:1st-Rose-Bowl-game-1902.jpg|thumb|200px|[[January 1]]: first [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] college [[American football]] game.]]
[[File:Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, 1913.jpg|thumb|80px|right| [[Andrew Carnegie]] ]]
* [[January 1]] 
** The [[Nurses Registration Act 1901]] comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of [[nurse]]s. On [[January 10]], [[Ellen Dougherty]] becomes the world's first registered nurse.
** [[Nathan Stubblefield]] demonstrates his [[Mobile phone|wireless telephone]] device in the U.S. state of [[Kentucky]].
* [[January 8]] &ndash; A train collision in the [[New York Central Railroad]]'s [[Park Avenue Tunnel (railroad)|Park Avenue Tunnel]] kills 17 people, injures 38, and leads to increased demand for electric trains and the banning of [[steam locomotive]]s in [[New York City]].
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Hakkōda Mountains incident]]: A snowstorm in the [[Hakkōda Mountains]] of northern [[Honshu]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]], kills 199 during a military training exercise.
* [[January 30]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]] is signed.