Historical Events In 1901

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

Dec 02   On this day in history gillette patents first disposable razor  

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

Dec 03   On this day in history milwaukee is dropped from the AL & replaced by St Louis Browns  

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

Dec 04   Anne Russell's "Girl & the judge," premieres in NYC in the year 1901.  

Dec 05   Grace Moore, US, soprano (One Night to Live) on this day in history.  

Dec 05   On this day in history the birth of Walt Disney, US cartoon and film producer  

Dec 07   A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)) on this day in history.  

Dec 10   In the year 1901 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy)  

Dec 10   F Fischer, German war criminal (Breda 4) in the year 1901.  

Dec 10   The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden on this day in history.  

Dec 11   Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld in the year 1901.  

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

Dec 12   In the year 1901 marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US  

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

Dec 13   Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS] in the year 1901.  

Dec 13   On this day in history test debut of S F Barnes v Aust SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings  

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

Dec 14   In the year 1901 henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928)  

Dec 15   On this day in history elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67  

Dec 16   In the year 1901 boer general Kritzinger captured  

Dec 16   Margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa) on this day in history.  

Dec 19   Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist on this day in history.  

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   Gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33) on this day in history.  

Dec 25   Alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II on this day in history.  

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

Dec 26   Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer [NS] in the year 1901.  

Dec 27   Irene Handl, London England, actress (Riding High, Morgan) on this day in history.  

Dec 27   On this day in history marlene Dietrich (Maria von Losch) actress in first German talkie is born  

Dec 27   The birth of Marlene Dietrich, German actress in the year 1901.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1901 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   Robert Marshall, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1901.  

Jan 02   Torsten Ralf, Swedish tenor (Daphne) was born in the year 1901.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of eric Voegelin, Germany, US philosopher (Order & History)  

Jan 03   In the year 1901 birth of ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63)  

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   In the year 1901 ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69  

Jan 08   John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1901 charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78  

Jan 16   Hiram Revels, dies at 73 in the year 1901.