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1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1901st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 901st year of the 2nd millennium, the 1st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1901, the ...
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1901. Events ... (shot with many other Ukrainian intellectuals at Sandarmokh 1937) [13]
The litre (Commonwealth spelling) or liter (American spelling) (SI symbols L and l, [1] other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm 3 ), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm 3 ) or 0.001 cubic metres (m 3 ).
Year Picture Laureate Country Language(s) Citation Genre(s) 1901: Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) France French "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect" [8]
In 1901 powered vacuum cleaners using suction were invented independently by British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth and American inventor David T. Kenney. [10] [9] Booth also may have coined the word "vacuum cleaner". [10]
May 3: The Great Fire of 1901 in Jacksonville begins. April 25 – New York State becomes the first to require automobile license plates. May – Monte Ne health resort opens in the Ozarks. May 3 – The Great Fire of 1901 in Jacksonville, Florida, begins. May 17 – The U.S. stock market crashes for the first time.
It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company in 1901 and produced through 1903; 425 were produced the first year, [5] 2,500 in 1902, and over 19,000 were built in all. [6] When General Motors assumed operations from Ransom E. Olds on November 12, 1908, [ 7 ] GM introduced the Oldsmobile Model 20 , which was the 1908 Buick Model 10 with a ...
The first inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt as the 26th president of the United States, took place on Saturday, September 14, 1901, at the Ansley Wilcox House, at 641 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York, following the death of President William McKinley earlier that day.