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January 1 - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. (Zero-ists ' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide).January 1 - The six colonies that make up Australia are federated as under an act of the British Parliament, though full independence is a gradual process (see Australian Constitutional History ).January 1 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorateJanuary 7 - Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism January 10 - The first great Texas gusher, ele biþ āfunden æt Spindletope in Beaumont, Texas January 22 - Edward VII wierþ Cyning æfter þǣm þe his mōdor, Victoria Cwēn þæs Geānlǣhtan Cynedōmes , dies. His own sunu Prince George , Duke of York becomes Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay .Solmōnaþ 20 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.Solmōnaþ 25 - J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation .March 2 - The United States Congress passes the Platt amendment , limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.March 6 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany .March 17 - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris , 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.April 25 - New York state becomes the first to require automobile license plates .May 9 - Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne .May 27 - In New Jersey is Edison Storage Battery Company āfunden.June 12 - Cuba becomes US protectorate June 24 - First exhibition of Pablo Picasso opens. It receives favorable reviews.July 4 - The 1,282 foot (390 meters) covered bridge crossing the St.John River at Hartland , New Brunswick , Canada opens. It is the longest covered bridge in the world.July 24 - O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.September 2 - Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick " at the Minnesota State Fair .September 5 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball ), is formed in Chicago, Illinois .September 6 - American anarchist Leon Czolgosz scīeteþ and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York . McKinley dies þǣr æfter eahta dagum.September 7 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol .September 14 - Mid dēaðe William McKinleyes , fēng Theodore Roosevelt æfter him tō Foresittendhāda Winterfylleþ 2 - Royal Navy 's first submarine launched at BarrowWinterfylleþ 24 – Michigan schoolteacher Annie Taylor goes down Niagara Falls in a barrel and survivesWinterfylleþ 29 - In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine .Winterfylleþ 29 - Capital punishment : Leon Czolgosz , the assassin of US President William McKinley , is executed by electrocution.November 9 - Prince George , Duke of Cornwall becomes Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester .Gēolmōnaþ 3 - US President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".Gēolmōnaþ 10 – Marie Curie receives doctorateGēolmōnaþ 12 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal in Newfoundland , Canada ; it is Morse code for þǣm bōcstæfe "S."
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Byrda
January 3 - Ngo Dinh Diem , President of South Vietnam (d. 1963 )January 16 - Frank Zamboni , inventor; most famous for the Zamboni machine (d. 1988 )January 26 - Stuart Symington , politician (d. 1988 )January 27 - Willy Fritsch , actor (d. 1973 )January 29 - Allen Du Mont , television pioneerJanuary 29 - E. P. Taylor , Canadian business tycoon (d. 1989 )
January 30 - Rudolf Caracciola , driver of racing cars (d. 1959 )January 31 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz , wrītere (d. 1974 )Solmōnaþ 1 - Clark Gable , American actor (d. 1960 )Solmōnaþ 2 - Jascha Heifetz , drēamere (d. 1987 )Solmōnaþ 10 - Stella Adler , acting tǣcestre (d. 1992 )Solmōnaþ 16 - Wayne King , band leader ("The Waltz King")Solmōnaþ 25 - Zeppo Marx , comedian, The Marx Brothers (d. 1979 )Solmōnaþ 27 - Horatio Luro , Hall of Fame horse trainer (d. 1991 )Solmōnaþ 28 - Linus Pauling , winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954 and Peace 1962 ; only person to win two Nobel Prizes outright (d. 1994 )March 4 - Charles Goren , bridge expert (d. 1991 )March 11 - Leopold III of Belgium (d.. 1983 )March 21 - Karl Arnold , politician (d. 1958 )March 24 - Ub Iwerks , cartoonist (d. 1971 )March 27 - Carl Barks , Donald Duck illustrator (d. 2000 )March 27 - Erich Ollenhauer , politician (d. 1963 )
April 1 - Whittaker Chambers , spy (d. 1961 )April 29 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan (d. 1989 )May 5 - Blind Willie McTell , blues sangere (d. 1959 )May 7 - Gary Cooper , actor (d. 1961 )May 17 - Werner Egk , composer (d. 1983 )May 20 - Max Euwe , Dutch world champion chess 1935-1937 (d. 1981 )May 21 - Horace Heidt , band leader (d. 1986 )May 21 - Sam Jaffe , producer (d. 2000 )
June 17 - F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas , WW II SOE agent and hero (d. 1964 )June 18 - Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1918 )June 24 - Harry Partch , microtonal composer (d. 1974 )July 17 - Bruno Jasieński , Polish poet (d. 1938 )July 20 - Heinie Manush , Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1971 )July 31 - Jean Dubuffet , painter (d. 1985 )August 4 - Louis Armstrong , jazz drēamere (d. 1971 )September 9 - James Blades , English percussionist (d. 1999 )September 29 - Enrico Fermi , Italian physicist (d. 1954 )September 29 - Lanza del Vasto , philosopher, poet and non-violent activist (d. 1981 )
Winterfylleþ 2 - Kiki , sangestre (d. 1953 )Winterfylleþ 10 - Alberto Giacometti , Italian sculptor (d. 1966 )November 22 - Joaquin Rodrigo , composer (d. 1999 )Gēolmōnaþ 5 - Walter Elias Disney, later known as Walt Disney , American animator and film producer (d. 1966 )Gēolmōnaþ 5 - Werner Heisenberg , German physicist (d. 1976 )
Gēolmōnaþ 16 - Margaret Mead , cultural anthropologist (d. 1978 )Gēolmōnaþ 19 - Rudolf Hell , inventor (d. 2002 )Gēolmōnaþ 25 - Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Gēolmōnaþ 31 - Karl-August Fagerholm , Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1984 )Nadezhda Alliluyeva-Stalin , later ōðer wīf Iosefes Stalines (d. 1932 )
Dēaðas
January 11 - Vasily Kalinnikov , composerJanuary 22 - Queen Victoria , Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India dies, after the longest ever reign by a British monarch.January 27 - Giuseppe Verdi , Italian grand opera composerSolmōnaþ 11 - Milan I , cyning Serbia.Solmōnaþ 22 - George Francis FitzGerald , mathematicianMarch 13 - Benjamin Harrison , 23rd President of the United States April 3 - Richard D'Oyly Carte , impresarioJune 2 - George Leslie Mackay , missionaryJuly 4 - Johannes Schmidt , German linguistAugust 5 - The Empress Frederick , eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and mother of German Emperor Wilhelm II September 5 - Ignacij Klemenčič , Slovene physicist (b. 1853 )September 9 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , painterSeptember 14 - William McKinley US ForesittendOctober 29 - Leon Czolgosz assassin US Foresittendes William McKinley Abdur Rahman Khan , amir of Afghanistan
