Page 6: Historical Events In 1901
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 12 Pres McKinley visits SF 


May 12 President McKinley visits San Fransisco. 


May 16 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" (BG) 


May 17 Werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige). 


May 18 Harry Robert Wilson, composer. 


May 19 Ivo Cruz, composer 


May 19 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81 


May 20 Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37) 


May 21 Horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon) 


May 23 Edmund Rubbra, Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch) [or 3/23] 


May 23 In this year, 35th Belmont: H Spencer aboard Commando claims in 2:21. 


May 23 US captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo. 


May 24 Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales 


May 25 Milenko Zivkovic, composer. 


May 28 In this year, 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader claims in 1:47.2 


May 28 Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous). 


May 30 Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer (When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay) 


May 30 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated. 


Jun 01 John W Van Duren, playwright (I Remember Mama). 


Jun 02 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY). 


Jun 02 James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies. 


Jun 02 Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days) 


Jun 03 Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor (Maurice-Bewitched). 


Jun 05 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar 


Jun 06 Achmed Sukarno, Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67) 


Jun 07 M Wolf discovers asteroid #471 Papagena. 


Jun 09 George Price, cartoonist 


Jun 09 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13 


Jun 09 Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies. 


Jun 11 Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand 


Jun 12 Victorians trapped in surprise attack at Wilmansrust. 


Jun 13 Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist (Obscure Blood) 


Jun 14 1st golf championship is played 


Jun 15 7th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club MA 


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