Peter O’Connor Sets First Recognized Long Jump World Record, August 5, 1901

Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, is captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of American General Frederick Funston. Date: March 23, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1901 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1901Guglielmo Marconi Receives…

Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort. Date: September 17, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1901 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1901US Steel Corporation Founded in Billion-Dollar Merger March…

Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own. Date: September 28, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 28 📅 Events on this day in 1901 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1901Silliman University Founded, First American Private School in Philippines,…

J. P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel in the state of New Jersey, although the company would not start doing business until February 25 and the assets of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore's National Steel Company were not acquired until April 1. Date: February 5, 1901…

An anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II. Date: March 6, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1901 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1901Philippine-American War: Filipino Guerrillas Kill 40+ U.S. Soldiers, September 28, 1901France Enacts Anti-Clerical Law of…

The first issue of Gorkhapatra, the oldest still running state-owned Nepali newspaper, is published. Date: May 6, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1901 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1901William Howard Taft Becomes American Governor of the Philippines, July 4,…