Top News Stories from 1901
World Events
World Statistics
Population: 4.378 billion
population by decade Nobel Peace Prize: Henri Dunant (Switzerland); Frederick Passy (France)
More World Statistics... - Queen Victoria dies on Jan. 22 after a reign of nearly 64 years, and is succeeded by her son, Edward VII.
- The Boxer Rebellion officially ends on Sept. 7 with the signing of the Peace of Beijing.
U.S. Events
U.S. Statistics
President: William McKinley
Vice President: Theodore Roosevelt
Population: 77,584,000
More U.S. Statistics... - As President McKinley begins his second term, he is fatally shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (Sept. 6). Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as successor after McKinley dies on Sept. 14.
- J.P. Morgan creates the United States Steel Co., which will become the first $1 billion corporation in the world.
Economics
Federal spending: $0.53 billion
Unemployment: 4.0%
Cost of a first-class stamp:
$0.02
Sports
Stanley Cup
Winnipeg VictoriasWimbledon
Women: Emil A. von Behring (Germany), for work on serum therapy against diphtheria (6-2 6-2) Women: Charlotte Sterry d. B. Hillyard (6-2 6-2)Men: Arthur Gore d. R. Doherty (4-6 7-5 6-4 6-4)
Kentucky Derby Champion
His EminenceNCAA Football Champions
Harvard (CFRA) (12-0-0) & Michigan (NCF, HF) (11-0-0)Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Nobel Prize for Literature: René F. A. Sully Prudhomme (France)
More Entertainment Awards... Events
- Constantin Stanislavsky, founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, formulates the revolutionary Stanislavsky Method of acting, which requires actors to see and hear on stage as they do in real life, enabling them to react to theatrical situations in the same way they naturally would.
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Jacobus H. van't Hoff (Netherlands), for laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions
Physics: Wilhelm K. Roentgen (Germany), for discovery of Roentgen rays
More Nobel Prizes in 1998... - Guglielmo Marconi successfully receives wireless signals transmitted from England to Newfoundland.
- The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
