Historical Events In 1901

Jun 14   1st golf championship is played on this day in history.  

Jun 15   7th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club MA on this day in history.  

Jun 15   John Wesley Work, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 16   Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl) on this day in history.  

Jun 16   Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 17   The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT in the year 1901.  

Jun 18   Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You) in the year 1901.  

Jun 19   Edward Lambert, British diplomat in the year 1901.  

Jun 20   Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a US college on this day in history.  

Jun 20   Iri Maruki, artist on this day in history.  

Jun 22   On this day in history jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)  

Jun 23   In the year 1901 charles Kensington Salaman, composer, dies at 87  

Jun 23   Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador in the year 1901.  

Jun 24   1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris in the year 1901.  

Jun 24   In the year 1901 harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus)  

Jun 24   Picasso displays his work for the very first time on this day in history.  

Jun 25   In the year 1901 adolf Brunner, composer  

Jun 26   In the year 1901 stuart Symington, (Sen-D-Mo)  

Jun 29   On this day in history frieda Inescort, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pride & Prejudice)  

Jul 01   On this day in history irna Phillips, Chicago, created 6 soap operas (Guiding Light)  

Jul 02   Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator in the year 1901.  

Jul 02   On this day in history butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana  

Jul 03   In Calgary Alberta, W.F. (Billy) Cochrane drives first automobile in Calgary; a steam-powered Locomobile, steered by a tiller rather than a wheel in the year 1901.  

Jul 04   On this day in history john Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies  

Jul 05   On this day in history the birth of Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter  

Jul 07   On this day in history gustav Knuth, Braunschweig Germany, actor (Freddy Unter Fremden)  

Jul 07   In the year 1901 the birth of Vittorio de Sica, Italian film director  

Jul 08   On this day in history donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist  

Jul 09   Barbara Cartland, romance author (Camfield #69) on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 1901 the birth of Barbra Cartland, English novelist  

Jul 11   L Carnera discovers asteroid #472 Roma on this day in history.  

Jul 12   On this day in history cy Young wins his 300th game  

Jul 12   Robert Allenby, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer in the year 1901.  

Jul 13   Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   Rex O'Malley, London England, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Marshall, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of torsten Ralf, Swedish tenor (Daphne)  

Jan 03   Eric Voegelin, Germany, US philosopher (Order & History) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of c. L. R. James, writer and journalist (d. 1989)  

Jan 05   In the year 1901 birth of h L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter  

Jan 01   Ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1901 death of john Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)  

Jan 09   Richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832) died on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1901 vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34  

Jan 13   In the year 1901 carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66  

Jan 14   On this day in history charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78  

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