THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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1901 |
| 1901 01 01 |
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Commonwealth of Australia incorporated. |
| 1901 01 01 |
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Edmund Barton becomes first Prime Minister of Australia |
| 1901 01 01 |
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Nigeria becomes a British protectorate |
| 1901 01 03 |
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St. Louis Southwestern Railway buys Stuttgart & Arkansas River Railroad in Arkansas. |
| 1901 01 07 |
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Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism |
| 1901 01 10 |
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The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas |
| 1901 01 22 |
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Queen Victoria dies. |
| 1901 01 22 |
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Edward VII (Albert Edward, Prince of Wales) becomes King. |
| 1901 01 22 |
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Prince George, Duke of York becomes Duke of Cornwall. |
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| 1901 02 20 |
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The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. |
| 1901 02 25 |
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J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation. |
| 1901 02 XX |
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Canadian Locomotive Company is formed from Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company. |
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| 1901 03 02 |
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U.S. Congress passes Platt amendment. |
| 1901 03 06 |
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In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany. |
| 1901 03 13 |
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Benjamin Harrison dies. |
| 1901 03 14 |
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First performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony In A |
| 1901 03 15 |
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HORSE RACING BANNED IN SAN FRANCISCO, LAST RACE MARCH 16TH |
| 1901 03 17 |
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Showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris creates a sensation. |
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| 1901 04 25 |
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New York State becomes the first to require automobile license plates. |
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| 1901 05 05 |
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Official end of the Caste War of Yucatàn, mayan skirmishers continue. |
| 1901 05 09 |
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Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne. |
| 1901 05 27 |
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Edison Storage Battery Company is founded in New Jersey. |
| 1901 05 XX |
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Frederick D. Underwood succeeds Eben B. Thomas as president of the Erie Railroad. |
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| 1901 06 02 |
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桂 太郎 (Katsura Taro) becomes Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1901 06 12 |
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Cuba becomes US protectorate |
| 1901 06 14 |
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The Atlantic City Railroad (predecessor of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines) is incorporated from the merger of the Camden County Railroad, Ocean City Railroad and Seacoast Railroad. |
| 1901 06 24 |
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Pablo Picasso's first exhibition receives favorable reviews. |
| 1901 06 24 |
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The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) is formed through the merger of eight smaller American steam locomotive manufacturers. |
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| 1901 07 04 |
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Covered bridge crossing St.John River at Hartland, New Brunswick is the world's longest. |
| 1901 07 24 |
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O. Henry is released from prison after serving three years for embezzlement. |
| 1901 07 25 |
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The Hull Electric Railway officially begins regular service over the Interprovincial Bridge between Ottawa and Aylmer. |
| 1901 07 31 |
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German meteorologists Berson and Süring climb to 10,800 m in a free balloon. |
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| 1901 08 05 |
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Queenscliff Junction, in Victoria, Australia, is closed. |
| 1901 08 18 |
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Gustave Whitehead flew his heavier-than-air aircraft at Bridgeport, Connecticut. |
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| 1901 09 02 |
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Theodore Roosevelt says, “Speak softly and carry a big stick” at Minnesota State Fair. |
| 1901 09 05 |
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National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 1901 09 06 |
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William McKinley shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. |
| 1901 09 07 |
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Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol. |
| 1901 09 09 |
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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd born. |
| 1901 09 14 |
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William McKinley assassinated. |
| 1901 09 14 |
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States of America. |
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| 1901 10 01 |
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Henry Ford drives his Quadricycle to victory in a race against Alexander Winton. |
| 1901 10 02 |
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Royal Navy's first submarine launched at Barrow |
| 1901 10 19 |
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Alberto Santos-Dumont flies dirigible around Eiffel Tower for FF100,000. |
| 1901 10 24 |
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Michigan schoolteacher Annie Taylor goes down Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives. |
| 1901 10 27 |
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First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 |
| 1901 10 29 |
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Assassin of President McKinley is executed by electrocution. |
| 1901 10 29 |
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Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan arrested for murdering Boston family with morphine. |
| 1901 10 29 |
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Royal Aero Club of Great Britain is established. |
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| 1901 11 07 |
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Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad, a predecessor of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, is organized in Arkansas. |
| 1901 11 09 |
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Prince George, Duke of Cornwall becomes Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. |
| 1901 11 25 |
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Symphony No. 4 Gustav Mahler |
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| 1901 12 03 |
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President Roosevelt asks Congress curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". |
| 1901 12 10 |
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Marie Curie receives doctorate. |
| 1901 12 12 |
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Guglielmo Marconi receives first trans-Atlantic radio signal in Newfoundland, Canada. |
| 1901 12 12 |
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Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt announces the railroad's plan to enter New York City — to tunnel under the Hudson River and to build a grand station on the West Side of Manhattan, a station that would become Pennsylvania Station. |
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| 1901 XX XX |
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The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm.
First Nobel Prizes awarded
o Physics - Wilhelm Röntgen
o Chemistry - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
o Medicine - Emil Adolf von Behring |
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Detroit Automobile Co. goes bankrupt after selling only four or five cars in 2 years. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Henry Ford Co. formed with Henry Ford as chief engineer. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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In the United Kingdom, Factory Act forbids child labor under 12 |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Two typhoid outbreaks in USA |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Winston Churchill enters the House of Commons |
| 1901 XX XX |
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In Germany, Eugen Hollander makes the first known facelift to a Polish noblewoman |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Miller Reese Hutchinson patents Acousticon, a heavy hearing-aid prototype |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Scotland Yard creates a fingerprint archive |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Cleveland Indians founded |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Europium discovered by Eugène-Antole Demarçay |
| 1901 XX XX |
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First prototype Harley-Davidson created |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Okapi discovered (previously known only to local natives) |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Independent Maya of Eastern Yucatán surrender to Mexico |
| 1901 XX XX |
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American Standard Version Bible first published. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Intercollegiate Prohibition Association established in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Union Station in Washington, DC, is commissioned. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Construction begins on Wardenclyffe Tower in Shoreham, New York. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Ward W. Willits House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, designed by C. Harrison Townsend is completed. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Hay Harvest at Éragny Camille Pissarro |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Edwin S. Porter is put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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A láthatatlan ember Géza Gárdonyi |
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The Aerial Village Jules Verne |
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La Becquée René Boylesve |
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Bubu de Montparnasse Charles-Louis Philippe |
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Claudine à Paris Colette |
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The Crisis Winston Churchill |
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The Eternal City Hall Caine |
| 1901 XX XX |
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The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas |
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Kim Rudyard Kipling |
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My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin |
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The Octopus Frank Norris |
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Travail Emile Zola |
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Sister Theresa George Moore (novelist) |
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Up from Slavery Booker T. Washington |
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The Three Sisters Anton Chekov |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Universal Edition classical music publishing firm is founded in Vienna. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Academia Granados founded by Enrique Granados in Spain. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Geraldine Farrar makes her operatic debut. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Percy Grainger makes his recital debut. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Ain't That A Shame John Queen/Walter Wilson |
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold George A. Norton/James W. Casey |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home To Me William Jerome/Jean Schwartz |
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At The Pan-I-Marry-Can Harry Dillon/John Dillon |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Baby Mine Raymond A. Browne/Leo Friedman |
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The Billboard John N. Klohr |
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Blaze Away Abe Holzmann |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Coon! Coon! Coon! Leo Friedman & Gene Jefferson |
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The Country Girl Stanislaus Stange/Julian Edwards |
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Davy Jones' Locker H. W. Petrie |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Don't Put Me Off At Buffalo Any More William Jerome/Jean Schwartz |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow Andrew B. Sterling/Harry Von Tilzer |
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Eyes Of Blue, Eyes Of Brown Costen & Andrew B. Sterling |
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Flora, I Am Your Adorer Vincent P. Bryan/Charles Robinson |
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The Fortune Telling Man Bert Williams & George Walker |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Go Way Back And Sit Down Elmer Bowman m. Al Johns |
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Good Morning, Carrie Cecil Mack/Chris Smith & Elmer Bowman |
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He Calls Me His Own Grace Darling Lawrence Barclay |
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He Laid Away A Suit Of Gray To Wear The Union Blue Edward M. Wickes/Ben Jansen |
| 1901 XX XX |
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He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame Arthur L. Robb/John W. Bratton |
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Hello Central, Give Me Heaven Charles K. Harris |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Hiawatha Neil Moret |
| 1901 XX XX |
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High Society Walter Melrose & Porter Steele |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Hoity-Toity Edgar Smith/John Stromberg |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Jagtime Johnson's Ragtime March Fred L. Ryder |
| 1901 XX XX |
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The Honeysuckle And The Bee Albert H. Fitz/William H. Penn |
| 1901 XX XX |
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I Ain't A-goin' To Weep No More George Totten Smith/Harry von Tilzer |
| 1901 XX XX |
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I Hate To Get Up Early In The Morning John Queen/Hughie Cannon |
| 1901 XX XX |
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I Love You Truly Carrie Jacobs-Bond |
| 1901 XX XX |
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I Want To Be A Lidy George Dance/George Dee |
| 1901 XX XX |
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If You Love Your Baby, Make Dem Goo-Goo Eyes Bert Williams/George Walker |
| 1901 XX XX |
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I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again Will D. Cobb/Gus Edwards |
| 1901 XX XX |
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I'm Tired William Jerome/Jean Schwartz |
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In The Shade Of The Palm Leslie Stuart |
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The Invincible Eagle March John Philip Sousa |
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It Seems Like Yesterday Frederic Ranken/Isidore Witmark |
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I've Grown So Used To You Thurland Chattaway |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Josephine, My Jo Cecil Mack/J. Tim Brymn |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Just A-Wearyin' For You Frank Stanton/Carrie Jacobs-Bond |
| 1901 XX XX |
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The Maiden With The Dreamy Eyes James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole/J. Rosamond Johnson |
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Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie Will D. Cobb/Gus Edwards |
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Mighty Lak' A Rose Frank L. Stanton/Ethelbert Nevin |
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My Castle On The Nile Bob Cole & James Weldon Johnson/J. Rosamond Johnson |
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My Japanese Cherry Blossom Edgar Smith/John Stromberg |
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My Lady Hottentot William Jerome/Harry von Tilzer |
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My Lonesome Little Louisiana Lady Will D. Cobb/Gus Edwards |
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My Own United States Stanislaus Stange/Julian Edwards |
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My Princess Zulu Lulu Dave Reed Jr |
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Nancy Brown Clifton Crawford |
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O Dry Those Tears! Teresa del Riego |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe Andrew B. Sterling/Harry von Tilzer |
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Panamericana Victor Herbert |
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The Phrenologist Coon Ernest Hogan/Will Accooee |
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A Picture Without A Frame Al Wilbur & Harry Jonnes |
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Rusty Rags Ossman |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Sally's Sunday Hat Will D. Cobb/Gus Edwards |
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Serenade Jerry Gray & Herb Hendler/Riccardo Drigo |
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She's Getting More Like The White Folks Every Day Bert Williams & George Walker |
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A Signal from Mars E.T. Paull |
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Simple Little Sister Mary Green Clifton Crawford |
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Somehow It Made Him Think Of Home Frederic Ranken/Isidore Witmark |
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Sunflower Slow Drag Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden |
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Sweet Annie Moore John H. Flynn |
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Tact Leslie Stuart |
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The Tale Of A Bumble Bee Frank Pixley/Gustav Luders |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Tell Me Dusky Maiden James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole/J. Rosamond Johnson |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Tell Us Pretty Ladies Edgar Smith/John Stromberg |
| 1901 XX XX |
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There's No North Or South Today Paul Dresser |
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Tobermory Harry Lauder |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Way Down In Indiana Paul Dresser |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield Will D. Cobb/Gus Edwards |
| 1901 XX XX |
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We Shall Overcome C. Albert Tindley |
| 1901 XX XX |
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The Wedding Of Reuben And The Maid Harry B. Smith/Maurice Levi |
| 1901 XX XX |
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When It's All Goin' Out And Nothin' Comin' In Bert Williams & George Walker |
| 1901 XX XX |
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When Mr Shakespeare Comes To Town William Jerome/Jean Schwartz |
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When The Boys Go Marching By Charles W. Doty |
| 1901 XX XX |
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When Two Little Hearts Are One Edgar Smith/John Stromberg |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Where The Silv'ry Colorado Wends Its Way C. H. Scoggins/Charles Avril |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Zamona Frederic Ranken/William Loraine |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Wright brothers optimise their No. 2 Glider wing design. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Wilhelm Kress trials a triplane seaplane that makes a short hop before capsizing. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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E. H. Harriman succeeds Charles Hayes as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Jacob S. Rogers, still the primary shareholder, closes Rogers Locomotive Company, but then reopens the company as Rogers Locomotive Works after the ALCO merger. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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American Car and Foundry (ACF) acquires Jackson and Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Company. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) purchases the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway renames it to the Grand Canyon Railway and begins operating it as a subsidiary railroad and destination for customers of ATSF's passenger trains. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Okapi, a relative of the Giraffe found in the rainforests around the Congo River in north east Zaire, is discovered (previously known only to local natives). |
| 1901 XX XX |
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The Edison Storage Battery Company is founded. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Europium discovered by Eugéne Demarcay |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Élie Cartan develops the exterior derivative. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Epinephrine is rediscovered by Jokichi Takamine, who names it adrenaline. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Eastman Kodak introduced the 120 film. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland. |
| 1901 XX XX |
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Wollaston Medal for Geology - Charles Barrois |
