1901 Calendar
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1901 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1901
– The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
January 10, 1901
– The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
February 19, 1901
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
March 1, 1901
– The Australian Army was formed.
May 3, 1901
– The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
May 24, 1901
– Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
September 6, 1901
– Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
September 28, 1901
– Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
October 29, 1901
– In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
November 1, 1901
– Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
Who Were Born On 1901?
January 27, 1901
– Art Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers founder and owner (d. 1988)
March 22, 1901
– Greta Kempton, American artist (d. 1991)
April 9, 1901
– Paul Willis, American actor (d. 1960)
April 15, 1901
– Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)
May 5, 1901
– Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)
June 18, 1901
– Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
August 30, 1901
– Roy Wilkins, American civil rights leader (d. 1981)
September 3, 1901
– Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (d. 1959)
September 25, 1901
– Gordon Coventry, Australian rules footballer (d. 1968)
December 27, 1901
– Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (d. 1992)