1901 Calendar
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1901 Historical Event(s)
- January 1, 1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
- January 22, 1901 – Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
- February 19, 1901 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
- June 11, 1901 – New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.
- July 24, 1901 – O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
- September 14, 1901 – President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
- October 24, 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
- October 29, 1901 – Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
- November 1, 1901 – Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
- December 10, 1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
Who Were Born On 1901?
- January 16, 1901 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (d. 1973)
- January 27, 1901 – Art Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers founder and owner (d. 1988)
- April 18, 1901 – László Németh, Hungarian writer (d. 1975)
- May 8, 1901 – Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (d. 1979)
- July 7, 1901 – Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973)
- July 25, 1901 – Lila Lee, American actress (d. 1973)
- September 5, 1901 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician (d. 1991)
- September 25, 1901 – Robert Bresson, French film director (d. 1999)
- December 31, 1901 – Julia Bathory, Hungarian glass designer(d. 2000)
