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(''' MCMI ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian Calendar ).
It was the first year and start of the 20th Century .
: Commonwealth Of Australia forms as British Colonies Federate .]]
: King Edward VII ascends the British Throne and becomes Emperor Of India on the death of his mother Queen Victoria .]]
: Kaiser Wilhelm II Of Germany survives Assassination attempt.]]
: New York State becomes the first to require Automobile License Plate s.]]
: Cuba becomes a United States Protectorate .]]
: Boxer Rebellion in China ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol .]]
: Theodore Roosevelt becomes President Of The United States on the death of William McKinley .]]
: First Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel 's death.]]
- January 1 - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. ( Zero-ists ' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide).
- January 1 - The British Colonies of New South Wales , Queensland , South Australia , Tasmania , Victoria and Western Australia Federate as the Commonwealth Of Australia . Edmund Barton becomes first Prime Minister .
- January 1 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorate
- January 7 - Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for Cannibalism
- January 10 - The first great Texas gusher, Oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas
- January 22 - Death of Queen Victoria . Her eldest son, Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales becomes King, reigning as King Edward VII . His son, Prince George, Duke Of York becomes Duke Of Cornwall .
- February 20 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
- February 25 - J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation .
- March 2 - The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment , limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
- March 6 - In Bremen an Assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II Of Germany .
- March 17 - A showing of 71 Vincent Van Gogh paintings in Paris , 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
- July 4 - The 1,282 foot (390 meters) covered bridge crossing the St.John River at Hartland , New Brunswick , Canada opens. It is the longest Covered Bridge in the world.
- July 24 - O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for Embezzlement from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas .
- August 21 - The Cadillac Motor Company formed in Detroit, Michigan , USA
- September 2 - Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a Big Stick " at the Minnesota State Fair .
- September 5 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball ), is formed in Chicago, Illinois .
- September 6 - American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York . McKinley dies there eight days later.
- September 7 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol .
- September 14 - With the death of William McKinley , Theodore Roosevelt succeeds him as President Of The United States .
- September 26 - 16th President, Abraham Lincoln , was exhumed and reinterred in conrete several feet thick.
- January 3 - Ngo Dinh Diem , 1st President of South Vietnam (d. 1963 )
- January 4 - CLR James , Trinidad-born writer and journalist (d. 1989 )
- January 14 - Bebe Daniels , American actress (d. 1971 )
- January 16 - Fulgencio Batista , Cuban leader (d. 1973 )
- January 16 - Frank Zamboni , American inventor (d. 1988 )
- January 26 - Stuart Symington , American politician (d. 1988 )
- January 27 - Art Rooney , American football team owner (d. 1988 )
- January 29 - E. P. Taylor , Canadian business tycoon (d. 1989 )
- January 30 - Rudolf Caracciola , German race car driver (d. 1959 )
- February 1 - Clark Gable , American actor (d. 1960 )
- February 2 - Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987 )
- February 10 - Stella Adler , American actress (d. 1992 )
- February 25 - Zeppo Marx , American comedian (d. 1979 )
- February 27 - Horatio Luro , Argentine horse trainer (d. 1991 )
- February 28 - Linus Pauling , American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry and Peace (d. 1994 )
- March 4 - Charles Goren , American bridge player (d. 1991 )
- March 17 - Alfred Newman , American film composer (d. 1970 )
- March 21 - Karl Arnold , German politician (d. 1958 )
- March 22 - Greta Kempton , American artist (d. 1991 )
- March 24 - Ub Iwerks , American cartoonist (d. 1971 )
- March 27 - Carl Barks , American cartoonist (d. 2000 )
- March 27 - Erich Ollenhauer , German politician (d. 1963 )
- March 27 - Eisaku Sato , Prime Minister Of Japan , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975 )
- March 27 - Kenneth Slessor , Australian poet (d. 1971 )
- April 1 - Whittaker Chambers , American spy (d. 1961 )
- April 29 - Emperor Hirohito Of Japan (d. 1989 )
- April 30 - Simon Kuznets , Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985 )
- May 5 - Blind Willie McTell , American singer (d. 1959 )
- May 7 - Gary Cooper , American actor (d. 1961 )
- May 17 - Werner Egk , German composer (d. 1983 )
- May 18 - Vincent Du Vigneaud , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978 )
- May 20 - Max Euwe , Dutch chess player (d. 1981 )
- May 21 - Horace Heidt , American bandleader (d. 1986 )
- May 21 - Sam Jaffe , American film producer (d. 2000 )
- June 3 - Chang Hsüeh-liang , Chinese military leader (d. 2001 )
- June 17 - F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas , English World War II hero (d. 1964 )
- June 18 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Of Russia (d. 1918 )
- June 24 - Harry Partch , American composer (d. 1974 )
- June 29 - Nelson Eddy , American singer and actor (d. 1967 )
- July 7 - Eiji Tsuburaya , Japanese special effects designer (d. 1970 )
- July 9 - Dame Barbara Cartland , English novelist (d. 2000 )
- July 17 - Bruno Jasieński , Polish poet (d. 1938 )
- July 20 - Heinie Manush , baseball player (d. 1971 )
- July 31 - Jean Dubuffet , French painter (d. 1985 )
- August 4 - Louis Armstrong , American jazz musician (d. 1971 )
- August 8 - Ernest Lawrence , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958 )
- August 10 - Franco Dino Rasetti , Italian scientist (d. 2001 )
- August 18 - Jean Guitton , French writer and philosopher (d. 1999 )
- August 20 - Salvatore Quasimodo , Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968 )
- August 26 - Maxwell Taylor , American general (d. 1987 )
- August 26 - Chen Yi , Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972 )
- September 9 - James Blades , English percussionist (d. 1999 )
- September 9 - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd , prime minister of South Africa from 1958 - 1966 (d. 1966 )
- September 12 - Ben Blue , Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1975 )
- September 15 - Sir Donald Bailey , British civil engineer (d. 1985 )
- September 22 - Charles B. Huggins , Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1997 )
- September 23 - Jaroslav Seifert , Czech writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986 )
- September 28 - William S. Paley , American business man (d. 1990 )
- September 29 - Enrico Fermi , Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954 )
- September 29 - Lanza Del Vasto , Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (d. 1981 )
- October 2 - Kiki , French singer (d. 1953 )
- October 10 - Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor (d. 1966 )
- October 24 - Gilda Gray , Polish-born American dancer and actress (d. 1959 )
- November 3 - Léopold III Of Belgium (d. 1983 )
- November 4 - Yi, Bang-ja , Crown Princess of Korea (d. 1989 )
- November 7 - Norah McGuinness , Northern Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980 )
- November 22 - Joaquin Rodrigo , Spanish composer (d. 1999 )
- December 5 - Walt Disney , American animator and film producer (d. 1966 )
- December 5 - Werner Heisenberg , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976 )
- December 16 - Margaret Mead , American cultural anthropologist (d. 1978 )
- December 19 - Rudolf Hell , German inventor (d. 2002 )
- December 25 - Princess Alice, Duchess Of Gloucester (d. 2004 )
- December 27 - Marlene Dietrich , actress (d. 1992 )
- December 31 - Karl-August Fagerholm , Prime Minister Of Finland (d. 1984 )
- Nadezhda Alliluyeva-Stalin , second wife of Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (d. 1932 )
- January 11 - Vasily Kalinnikov , Russian composer (b. 1866 )
- January 16 - Arnold Böcklin , Swiss artist (b. 1827 )
- January 21 - Elisha Gray , American inventor and appliance manufacturer (b. 1835 )
- January 22 - Queen Victoria , Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India (b. 1819 )
- January 27 - Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer (b. 1813 )
- February 11 - King Milan I of Serbia (b. 1854 )
- February 22 - George Francis FitzGerald , Irish mathematician (b. 1851 )
- March 13 - Benjamin Harrison , 23rd President Of The United States (b. 1833 )
- April 3 - Richard D'Oyly Carte , English impresario (b. 1844 )
- May 22 - Gaetano Bresci Italian assassin (b 1869 )
- June 2 - George Leslie Mackay , Canadian missionary (b. 1844 )
- July 4 - Johannes Schmidt , German linguist (b. 1843 )
- July 6 - Prince Chlodwig Zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1819 )
- August 5 - Victoria, Empress Of Germany (b. 1840 )
- August 24 - Clara Maass , American nurse (d. 1876 )
- September 5 - Ignacij Klemenčič , Slovenian physicist (b. 1853 )
- September 9 - Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec , French painter (b. 1864 )
- September 14 - William McKinley , 25th President Of The United States (assassinated) (b. 1843 )
- October 1 - Abdur Rahman Khan , Amir of Afghanistan
- October 10 - Lorenzo Snow , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814 )
- October 19 - Carl Frederik Tietgen , Danish financier and industrialist (b. 1829 )
- October 29 - Leon Czolgosz assassin of U.S. President William McKinley (b. 1873 )
- November 7 - Li Hongzhang , Chinese general (b. 1823 )
- November 30 - Edward John Eyre , English explorer (b. 1815 )
- December 1 - George Lohmann , English cricketer (tuberculosis) (b. 1865 )
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