WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1901
Find out what all happened June to December 1901

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

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

The U.S. Army War College is established. (27. November 1901)

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

In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". (3. December 1901)

The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol. (7. September 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 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster. (13. November 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)

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)

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

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

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

Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek. (8. November 1901)

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

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

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

Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland. (12. December 1901)

Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia. (1. November 1901)