WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1901
Find out what all happened April to September 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)

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

New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates. Anzac Beach – Australian and New Zealand forces invade Turkey (25. April 1901)

Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales. (24. May 1901)

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

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

O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank. (24. July 1901)

Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation. (6. August 1901)

The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21. (14. August 1901)

Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own, in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island. (28. September 1901)

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

Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne. (9. May 1901)

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

The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. (17. June 1901)

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

The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York. (1. May 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)