WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1901
Find out what all happened January to October 1901

New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands. (11. June 1901)

Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country. (28. August 1901)

Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution. (29. October 1901)

The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol. (7. September 1901)

Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair. (2. September 1901)

Funeral of Queen Victoria. (2. February 1901)

The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins. (10. August 1901)

Nigeria becomes a British protectorate. (1. January 1901)

Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (6. September 1901)

The Australian Labour Party is established. (8. May 1901)

The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops. (2. March 1901)

Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria. (22. January 1901)

President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House. (12. October 1901)

Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel. (24. October 1901)

The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister. (1. January 1901)

The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. (20. February 1901)

The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. (10. January 1901)

Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m) The record will stand for 20 years. (5. August 1901)

The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza. (15. February 1901)

President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt. (14. September 1901)