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Events on the year of 1901 in history

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01 Jan 1901 Australia declares independence from federation of the UK colonies
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01 Jan 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.
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01 Jan 1901 Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
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08 Jan 1901 New South Wales score 918 all out vs. South Australia in 560 minutes
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09 Jan 1901 New South Wales (918) defeat South Australia (157 and 156) by innings and 605
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10 Jan 1901 Oil discovered in Texas
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10 Jan 1901 The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
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10 Jan 1901 Oil discovered at Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas
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18 Jan 1901 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Graves De Communi Re
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21 Jan 1901 Clyde Fitch's "Climbers" premieres in New York City NY
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22 Jan 1901 Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
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22 Jan 1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series & begins King Edward VII series
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24 Jan 1901 1st games played in baseball's American League
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24 Jan 1901 Emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein
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31 Jan 1901 Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at the Moscow Art Theater
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31 Jan 1901 Winnipeg Victorias sweep Montr
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31 Jan 1901 Boer General John Smuts & De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal
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02 Feb 1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization
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02 Feb 1901 Funeral of Queen Victoria.
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05 Feb 1901 Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot
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05 Feb 1901 Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp
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07 Feb 1901 Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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12 Feb 1901 Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed
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15 Feb 1901 The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
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18 Feb 1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner
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20 Feb 1901 The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
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20 Feb 1901 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes
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25 Feb 1901 US Steel Corp organized under J P Morgan
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25 Feb 1901 J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
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25 Feb 1901 US Steel Corp organizes under directorship of J P Morgan
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25 Feb 1901 George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son" premieres in New York NY
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27 Feb 1901 NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
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01 Mar 1901 The Australian Army is formed.
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02 Mar 1901 The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
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03 Mar 1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce
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04 Mar 1901 1st advanced copy of inaugural speech (Jefferson-Natl Intelligencer)
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04 Mar 1901 President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as President
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04 Mar 1901 Term of George H White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends
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11 Mar 1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant
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12 Mar 1901 Ground is broken for Boston's 1st American League ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
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14 Mar 1901 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A
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15 Mar 1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race March 16th
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17 Mar 1901 Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in the Netherlands
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23 Mar 1901 Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by forces of General Frederick Funston.
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23 Mar 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
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25 Mar 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown, Iowa
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07 Apr 1901 SDAP demands general voting right / abolishing First Chamber
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15 Apr 1901 1st British motorized burial
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19 Apr 1901 James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6)
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19 Apr 1901 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6
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24 Apr 1901 1st AL game, Chicago beats Cleveland Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out
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24 Apr 1901 1st American League game, Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians 8-2, 3 other games rained out
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25 Apr 1901 New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
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25 Apr 1901 Erve Beck hit the 1st home run in the American League
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25 Apr 1901 In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of the greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit)
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25 Apr 1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
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28 Apr 1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0)
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28 Apr 1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as Chicago White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
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29 Apr 1901 27th Kentucky Derby Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75
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29 Apr 1901 Anti semitic riot in Budapest
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01 May 1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox
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01 May 1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League
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01 May 1901 The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York.
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03 May 1901 Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida
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03 May 1901 The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
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08 May 1901 In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4
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08 May 1901 The Australian Labour Party is established.
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09 May 1901 Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
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12 May 1901 President McKinley visits San Fransisco
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16 May 1901 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" (BG)
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16 May 1901 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Priory School" (BG)
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23 May 1901 35th Belmont Stakes: H Spencer aboard Commando wins in 2:21
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23 May 1901 Indians score 9 runs after 2 outs in 9th to beat Senators 14-13
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23 May 1901 Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent
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23 May 1901 US captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo
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28 May 1901 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2
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28 May 1901 Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
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30 May 1901 Memorial Day 1st observed in US
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30 May 1901 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
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02 Jun 1901 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
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09 Jun 1901 New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
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11 Jun 1901 The bountaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
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11 Jun 1901 Cook Islands annexed & proclaimed part of New Zealand
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14 Jun 1901 1st golf championship is played
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15 Jun 1901 7th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts
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17 Jun 1901 The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
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20 Jun 1901 Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a US college
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24 Jun 1901 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
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24 Jun 1901 Jewish National Fund starts
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02 Jul 1901 Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner, Montana
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11 Jul 1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #472 Roma
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12 Jul 1901 Cy Young wins his 300th game
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15 Jul 1901 New York Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St. Louis, 5-0
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22 Jul 1901 Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro
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24 Jul 1901 O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
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31 Jul 1901 Abraham Kuyper becomes Premier of the Netherlands
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01 Aug 1901 Burial within SF City limits prohibited
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05 Aug 1901 Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m). The record will stand for 20 years.
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06 Aug 1901 Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
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10 Aug 1901 Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners
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10 Aug 1901 The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
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12 Aug 1901 Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony
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14 Aug 1901 SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska and sinks killing 70
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14 Aug 1901 The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
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15 Aug 1901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro
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20 Aug 1901 Fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony
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21 Aug 1901 21st US Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64)
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21 Aug 1901 Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching & spitting on an ump
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22 Aug 1901 Cadillac Co forms
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28 Aug 1901 Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
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30 Aug 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner
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01 Sep 1901 Construction begins on New York Stock Exchange
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02 Sep 1901 VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
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02 Sep 1901 Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
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03 Sep 1901 Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
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05 Sep 1901 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
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06 Sep 1901 President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later
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06 Sep 1901 Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
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07 Sep 1901 Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
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07 Sep 1901 The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
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12 Sep 1901 Arabs attack Gedara Palestine
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14 Sep 1901 U.S. President William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
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17 Sep 1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer General Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry
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17 Sep 1901 Battle at Elands River Port: Boer General Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers
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17 Sep 1901 The Battle of Blood River Poort is fought.
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17 Sep 1901 The Battle of Elands River is fought.
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19 Sep 1901 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley
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26 Sep 1901 Boer General Botha captures Fort Itala in Natal
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26 Sep 1901 Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana)
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28 Sep 1901 Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own, in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
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02 Oct 1901 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow
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12 Oct 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
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19 Oct 1901 Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower
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24 Oct 1901 Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel.
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24 Oct 1901 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor)
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26 Oct 1901 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris
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29 Oct 1901 In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
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29 Oct 1901 Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
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30 Oct 1901 Battle at Bakenlaagte: Lieutenant Colonel Bensons unit vs. Boers
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01 Nov 1901 Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
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15 Nov 1901 Heavyweight James J Jeffries KOs Gus Ruhlin in San Francisco
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15 Nov 1901 James J Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
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16 Nov 1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
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20 Nov 1901 The opera "Gris
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27 Nov 1901 Army War College forms in Washington DC
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27 Nov 1901 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der rote Hahn, " premieres in Berlin
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27 Nov 1901 The U.S. Army War College is established.
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27 Nov 1901 Army War College established in Washington DC
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29 Nov 1901 East 182nd Street in the Bronx is paved & opened
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02 Dec 1901 Gillette patents 1st disposable razor
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02 Dec 1901 King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades
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03 Dec 1901 Milwaukee is dropped from the AL and replaced by St. Louis Browns
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03 Dec 1901 In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
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10 Dec 1901 The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
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10 Dec 1901 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy)
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11 Dec 1901 Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Newfoundland
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12 Dec 1901 Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
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12 Dec 1901 Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US
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13 Dec 1901 Test debut of S F Barnes vs Australia SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings
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14 Dec 1901 1st table tennis tournament is held at the London Royal Aquarium
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16 Dec 1901 Boer general Kritzinger captured
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25 Dec 1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack British
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