May 1901

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The following events occurred in May 1901:

May 1, 1901 (Wednesday)

• Died:Lewis Waterman, American inventor and businessman (born 1837)

May 3, 1901 (Friday)

• The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.

May 5, 1901 (Sunday)

• The Caste War of Yucatán in Mexico officially ends, although Mayan skirmishers continue sporadic fighting for another decade.
• Died:
  • Axel Wilhelm Eriksson, Swedish settler and trader in South-West Africa (born 1846)
  • Mariano Ignacio Prado, Peruvian military and statesman, former President of the Republic (born 1826)

May 7, 1901 (Tuesday)

• Born:Gary Cooper, American actor (died 1961)

May 9, 1901 (Thursday)

• The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne.

May 11, 1901 (Saturday)

• Born:Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)

May 17, 1901 (Friday)

• Panic of 1901: The New York Stock Exchange crashes.
• Born:Werner Egk, German composer (died 1983)

May 18, 1901 (Saturday)

• Born:Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)

May 20, 1901 (Monday)

• Born:
  • Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (died 1981)
  • Doris Fleeson, American journalist (died 1970)

May 21, 1901 (Tuesday)

• Born:
  • Manfred Aschner, German-born Israeli microbiologist and entomologist, recipient of the Israel Prize (died 1989).
  • Horace Heidt, American bandleader (died 1986)
  • Sam Jaffe, American film producer (died 2000)
  • Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist, and playwright (died 1992)

May 22, 1901 (Wednesday)

• Died:Gaetano Bresci, Italian anarchist and assassin (born 1869)

May 24, 1901 (Friday)

• 81 miners are killed in an accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd in South Wales.
• Died:Charlotte Mary Yonge, English novelist (born 1823)

May 25, 1901 (Saturday)

• The Club Atlético River Plate is founded in Argentina.
• Born:Antônio de Alcântara Machado, Brazilian novelist (died 1935)

May 27, 1901 (Monday)

• In New Jersey, the Edison Storage Battery Company is founded.

May 28, 1901 (Tuesday)

• Persia grants William Knox D'Arcy a concession, giving him the right to prospect for oil.

May 31, 1901 (Friday)

• Born:Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (died 1983)

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