1901

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1901 was the 30th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

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William Jelks.jpg

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Shiloh Baptist Church; courtesy BPL Archives

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Stanleigh Malotte

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Birmingham City Hall, c. 1911

Context

1901 was the first year of the 20th century. Queen Victoria died and the Commonwealth of Australia was founded. Oil was discovered near Beaumont, Texas. Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost was released, the first film to feature intertitles. William McKinley began his second term as President in January and was assassinated in September. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt took office. He caused a backlash by inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House. The first Nobel Prize was awarded. The first trans-Atlantic radio signal was received. Picasso entered his "blue period".

Novels published in 1901 included Anna Lombard by Victoria Cross, Kim by Rudyard Kipling, Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann, The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, and The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells. Non-fiction included The Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud and Up from Slavery, an autobiography by Booker T. Washington.

Popular music published in 1901 included "High Society" by Porter Steele, "I Love You Truly" by Carrie Jacobs-Bond, "Mighty Lak' A Rose" by Frank Lebby Stanton & Ethelbert Nevin, and Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler.

Notable births in 1901 included cartoonist Chic Young, actor Clark Gable, comedian Zeppo Marx, actor Gary Cooper, musician Louis Armstrong, television host Ed Sullivan, and businessman Walt Disney. Notable deaths included Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, composer Giuseppe Verdi, former president Benjamin Harrison, painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and President William McKinley.

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