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The Year 1901
This page is still under construction. Check back often as more information is added! January 1 - The Commonwealth of Australia is created. January 10 - The Lucas Gusher at Spindletop near Beaumont was tapped, beginning the Texas Oil Industry. January 22 - Queen Victoria of England dies at age 81. She had reigned for 64 years. September 6 - President William McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo NY by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. September 14 - President McKinley dies. Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as President of the United States. October 30 - The Dallas Public Library opened. December 5 - Walter Elias Disney was born.
Other Notable occurrences in 1901 - - The first electric typewriter was introduced - The Blickensderfer - "Up from Slavery" The Autobiography of Booker T. Washington was published.
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