Historical Events In 1901

Dec 02   Gillette patents 1st disposable razor on this day in history.  

Dec 02   Gillette patents first disposable razor in the year 1901.  

Dec 02   On this day in history staf Gustaf Frans Nees, Belgian composer  

Dec 03   In the year 1901 milwaukee is dropped from the AL & replaced by St Louis Browns  

Dec 03   In the year 1901 theodore Roosevelt, in a speech to the house of representatives, kicks off his effort to curb the power of business trusts.  

Dec 04   On this day in history anne Russell's "Girl & the judge," premieres in NYC  

Dec 05   In the year 1901 grace Moore, US, soprano (One Night to Live)  

Dec 05   The birth of Walt Disney, US cartoon and film producer in the year 1901.  

Dec 07   A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)) in the year 1901.  

Dec 10   1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy) on this day in history.  

Dec 10   F Fischer, German war criminal (Breda 4) on this day in history.  

Dec 10   In the year 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden  

Dec 11   Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld on this day in history.  

Dec 11   Marconi sends first transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld on this day in history.  

Dec 12   Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US in the year 1901.  

Dec 12   Marconi receives first transatlantic radio signal, England to US in the year 1901.  

Dec 13   On this day in history georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS]  

Dec 13   In the year 1901 test debut of S F Barnes v Aust SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings  

Dec 14   In the year 1901 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)  

Dec 14   Henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928) in the year 1901.  

Dec 15   Elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Dec 16   Boer general Kritzinger captured on this day in history.  

Dec 16   Margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa) in the year 1901.  

Dec 19   Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist in the year 1901.  

Dec 20   In the year 1901 louis I Kahn, US architect [or Feb 20]  

Dec 21   On this day in history juan A de Zunzunegui y Loredo, Spanish writer  

Dec 23   In the year 1901 gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33)  

Dec 25   Alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II in the year 1901.  

Dec 25   Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits on this day in history.  

Dec 26   In the year 1901 georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer [NS]  

Dec 27   Irene Handl, London England, actress (Riding High, Morgan) in the year 1901.  

Dec 27   Marlene Dietrich (Maria von Losch) actress in first German talkie is born on this day in history.  

Dec 27   On this day in history the birth of Marlene Dietrich, German actress  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of christine WI Wittewaall van Stoetwegen, Dutch MP (CDD)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of rex O'Malley, London England, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight)  

Jan 02   In the year 1901 birth of robert Marshall, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 02   Torsten Ralf, Swedish tenor (Daphne) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Eric Voegelin, Germany, US philosopher (Order & History) was born in the year 1901.  

Jan 03   Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63) was born in the year 1901.  

Jan 04   C. L. R. James, writer and journalist (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69 in the year 1901.  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of john Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)  

Jan 09   In the year 1901 death of richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)  

Jan 11   Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1901.  

Jan 14   Charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   On this day in history hiram Revels, dies at 73