NEWS: 1901

The first day of the 20th century is celebrated.

Between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., more than 5,300 members of the general public visit the White House for the annual New Year's Day tradition of being able to walk in and to shake hands with the President of the United States. In order to accommodate the remaining people in line in the final half hour, William McKinley shakes hands "at the rate of sixty-five a minute by actual count". (President McKinley is shot and mortally wounded on September 6, 1901 while shaking hands with the public in Buffalo, New York; he dies of his wounds on September 14, 1901.)

Pentecostalism is founded, at a prayer meeting at Bethel Bible College in Topeka, Kansas.

The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia. John Adrian Louis Hope is appointed the first Governor-General of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minister of Australia. The Barton Ministry was made up of Protectionist Party members.

There is little New Year's Day celebration in Melbourne, Australia, because, as the local newspaper notes, "everybody who is anybody is in Sydney" (the first capital of the new Commonwealth).

Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.

The centenary of the Act of Union is celebrated by British forces in Ireland.

The New Year Honors List for the United Kingdom and British Empire is published in The Times. Those honored include Queen Victoria's physician Professor Thomas Barlow, who becomes a baronet.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 32° F, Precip.: Trace.

Ignatius L. Donnelly, 69, a former U.S. Congressman who wrote popular speculative books about long-destroyed civilizations supposed to have existed on Earth, dies following a heart attack he suffered the previous (January 1) evening at his father-in-law's home in Minneapolis, MN. Donnelly's works included Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882) and Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel (1883). Using the pen name "Edmund Boisgilbert, M.D.", he wrote the 1890 science fiction novel Caesar's Column, about what the world of 1988 would look like. The book was subtitled "A Story of the Twentieth Century". Donnelly lives only to see the first day of the 20th century; he died at three minutes after midnight on January 2,

While en route from Danzig to Kiel, the German battleship SMS Kaiser Friedrich III strikes an underwater obstacle; the impact damages four of the ship's watertight compartments, which then fill with water and cause the ship to list to port. The shock from the collision damages the ship's boilers and starts a fire in the coal bunkers. All of the ship's ammunition magazines, engine rooms, and storage compartments have to be flooded in order to prevent the fire from spreading. Two men are seriously injured while fighting the fire, and a third dies of his injuries. After several hours the fire is extinguished and the engines are restarted. Throughout the incident, Prince Henry of Prussia steadfastly refuses requests for him to leave the ship.

In one of her final public appearances, Queen Victoria greets Lord Roberts in his triumphant return from South Africa, meeting him at Osborne Castle on the Isle of Wight. Roberts is knighted as Order of the Garter and has the title of the First Earl Roberts conferred upon him.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 36° F; Low temp. 26° F, Precipitation: None.

The Victor Talking Machine Company introduces the first 10-inch phonographic record, a breakthrough permitting the playing of at least three minutes of recorded music. A longer version of the 1900 hit song "When Reuben Comes To Town", sung by S. H. Dudley, is the first offering.

Futurist Emma Danza writes: "American women will get the right to vote In national elections by the year 1920. There will be numerous women in the U.S. Congress later in the 20th century, but there will be no woman U.S. president until well into the 21st century."

The St. Louis Southwestern Railway purchases the Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad.

Ngo Dinh Diem in born in Quảng Bình, French Indochina. He becomes a Vietnamese state leader and the first President of South Vietnam. He was assassinated at age 62 on November 2, 1963, in Saigon, South Vietnam.

Alfred Tarski is born in Warsaw, Poland. He becomes a mathematician. He died at age 82 in Berkeley, Balifornia, on October 26, 1983.

Eric Voegelin is born in Cologne, Germany. He becomes a philospher. He died on January 19, 1985 at age 84 in Stanford, California.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 29° F; Low temp. 20° F, Precipitation: None.

The United States Senate unanimously passes the Native Races Act, a resolution sponsored by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, declaring a policy that "aboriginal tribes and uncivilized people" both within the United States and its overseas possessions, should not be sold intoxicating beverages or opium.

The United Kingdom announces its appointments of the new administrators for its colonies in southern Africa, with Sir Alfred Milner to be the British High Commissioner and the Governor of the Transvaal; Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson as Governor of the Cape Colony; and Lieutenant Colonel Henry McCallum as Governor of Natal.

Rootok Island, the smallest of the Krenitzin Islands in Alaska, is set aside to house a lighthouse that ultimately will not be built.

C. L. R. James is born Cyril Lionel Robert James in Tunapuna, Trinadad. He bacomes a writer, journalist and historian. He died on May 31, 1989 at age 88 in Brixton, London, England.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 41° F; Low temp. 18° F, Precipitation: None.

In response to the imminent organization of the American League as a second major baseball league, the National League announces in Louisville, Kentucky that it is going to revive an old minor league, the "American Association". American League President Ban Johnson tells reporters in Cleveland, "You can poo-hoo that story right from the start. I don't know if the National League contemplates such a move, but if they do, it will never be born." (On January 19, the league is formally launched and the cities for the new AA were announced to be Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Indianapolis, Lousville, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.  The AA lineup happens to coincide with six of the eight American League teams, and Boston and Philadelphia had franchises in the NL and the AL. The sporting press reacted negatively to the anti-competitive proposal, and the National League would announce its abandonment of the idea on February 27.

Syracuse University plays its first college basketball game, a 21–8 loss to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Although the Syracuse men's team would make four appearances in the Final Four in later years, it would not be until 102 years after its first game that it would win the national championship

Typhoid fever breaks out in a Seattle, Washington, jail, the first of two typhoid outbreaks in the United States during the year.

The ten games of the intermediate round of the 30th FA Cup (Football Association Challenge Cup) were played in England.

The nineteenth rugby union Home Nations Championship begins in the United Kingdom, with Wales defeating England 13–0 in Cardiff.

Tommy Cook is born Thomas Edwin Reed Cook in Cuckfield, Sussex, England. . He becomes a cricketer for Sussex County Cricket Club. He was also a professional footballer (soccer player) with Brighton & Hove Albion where he is still the Seagulls' all-time top scorer with 123 goals. He also played for Bristol Rovers and made one appearance for England in 1925. He later became manager at Brighton. He committed suicide on January 15, 1950 in Brighton, Sussex, England, ten days after his 49th birthday.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 26° F, Precipitation: None.

At his apartment at 6 West 102nd Street in Manhattan, New York City, Theodore Dreiser begins writing a new novel, Jennie Gerhardt, with the working title of The Transgressor. (After four weeks, he would complete nine chapters, and 40 chapters by mid-April, but do repeated rewrites. In 1903, he would abandon it after suffering a nervous breakdown, but would resume writing in 1910 and publish the novel [which would later be adapted into a film] in 1911.)

Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid receives the first telegram that opens a direct telegraph line between the Ottoman capital at Istanbul, and its largest Middle Eastern city at Dimeşk (Damascus), the capital of its Suriye province (now Syria). Prior to that time, the Palestinian city of Al-Salt was the furthest extent that the line would reach, hindering communications with the outer provinces in the Arabian Peninsula.

Philip Armour, Sr. dies at age 68 in Chicago, Illinois. He was an American entrepreneur who acquired control of most of the American meatpacking industry through his corporation Armour and Company The brand name still survives in such products as Armour Hot Dogs. He was born on May 16, 1832, in Stockbridge, New York.

Frederick Vosper dies at age 31 of appendicitis in Perth, Australia.  He was an Australian journalist, newspaper proprietor, and politician. He was born on March 23, 1869, in St. Dominick, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and moved to Australia by way of Bolivia in 1886.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 20° F, Precipitation: None.

John Stefanis sets up a radio station in Baltimore, and several thousand people around the USA listen to it using homemade crystal radios. He gets letters from as far away as San Francisco, California, from people who hear it. His little 5-watt radio station can be heard all over the USA in an era of uncluttered airspace.

Baltimore weather: Rain, High temp. 41° F; Low temp. 35° F, Precipitation: 0.52 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain showers with a bit of snow; High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 33° F, Precip.: 0.05 inch (liquid).

The earliest known use of the phrase "hustle and bustle" occurs in an article in the Baltimore American newspaper.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 14° F, Precip.: None.

Only 3 percent of American married women lost their virginity before marriage. (The figure is 98 percent in 2024.)

Baltimore weather: High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 31° F, Precip.: Trace.

Queen Victoria of Great Britain dies at age 81. She reigned for 63 years and is succeeded by Edward VII, her eldest son.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 49° F; Low temp. 37 F, Precip.: None.

The first bidets to be made in the USA begin to be manufactured by the Baltimore Plumbing Fixture Company. Bidets, long popular in France, had been in use in the USA on a very limited basis, but all had been imported up to this point.

Baltimore weather: Snow flurries; High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 31° F, Precip.: Trace.

Dr. Stanley Krauss of Baltimore is the first person to take delivery of an American-made bidet.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 37° F; Low temp. 28° F, Precip.: None.

Giuseppe Verdi, a prolific opera composer, dies at age 87 in Milan, Italy. His birthdate is either the 9th or 10th of October, 1813.

Baltimore weather: Snow flurries; High temp. 37° F; Low temp. 28° F, Precip.: Trace.

The American League, a baseball minor league in existence for a year, declares itself a Major League to compete with the already established National League.  It places a team in Baltimore, MD, which is named the Orioles.

Baltimore weather: Snow flurries; High temp. 34° F; Low temp. 25° F, Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 19° F, Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for January 1901 is 2.45 inches, including melted ice and snow.  A total of 6.5 inches of snow falls in Baltimore in January 1901. The average daily high temperature for January 1901 is 41.6 degrees F, below the normal of 43.2 degrees. The average daily low temperature for January 1901 is 28.2 degrees F, above the normal of 25.4 degrees.

Thomas Edison invents a plug-in device that alternately turns on-and-off any electrical item that is plugged into it. These devices become popular for electrically-lighted Christmas trees to make them blink on and off. (In their first year, these devices sell about 427,000 units.)

Baltimore weather: Snow (2 inches); High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 26° F, Precip.: 0.22 inch (liquid).

Baltimore weather: High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 23° F; Precip.: None.

This is the tenth consecutive day with no precipitation in Baltimore.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: None.

Only 0.01 of an inch of precipitation has fallen in Baltimore in the last 19 days including this day.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for February 1901 is 0.65 inches, including melted ice and snow, well below the normal amount of 2.90 inches.  The average daily high temperature in Baltimore in February 1901 is 36.8 degrees F, well below the normal of 46.4 degrees. The average daily low temperature in February 1901 is 22.2 degrees F, below the normal of 26.9 degrees. There is a total of 4.2 inches of new snow in February 1902, below the average of 7.5 inches.

The second inauguration of William McKinley as president of the United States is held at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This is the 29th inauguration and marks the commencement of the second and final term of William McKinley as president and the only term of Theodore Roosevelt as vice president. (McKinley subsequently is assassinated 194 days into this term, and Roosevelt succeeds to the presidency. See September 6 and 14, 1901.) Chief Justice Melville Fuller administers the oath of office. This is the first inauguration to take place in the 20th century. This is also the first inauguration to be arranged by the Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and organized by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.21 inch (liquid).

Snow falls in Baltimore for the last time this snow season.

Baltimore weather: Snow flurries; High temp. 21° F; Low temp. 13° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for March 1901 is 3.58 inches, including melted ice and snow, below the normal amount of 4.01 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during March 1901 is 52.0 degrees F, below  the normal of 54.8 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during March 1901 is 35.5 degrees F, above the normal of 33.9 degrees. A total of 0.1 of an inch of snow falls in Baltimore during March 1901, well below the normal amount of 2.8 inches.

1.83 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any April 3rd (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: 1.83 inches.

An automobile registration law takes effect in New York state, including a 15 mph speed limit on highways.

The Detroit Tigers defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 14-13 at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit had been behind 13-4 going into the bottom of the 9th inning, but the Tigers score 10 runs in the 9th inning to win the game. The Tigers make 7 errors in this game; the Brewers make four errors. It's the first game of the regular season for both teams. (This game still stands as the major leagues' largest last-inning comeback ever.)

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.

The Orioles play their first American League baseball game in Baltimore, at old Oriole Park, and they defeat the Boston Americans, 10-6.  (The Americans are renamed the Red Sox in 1908.)

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 65 F; Low temp. 48° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for April 1901 is 5.53 inches, above the normal amount of 3.39 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during April 1901 is 57.7 degrees F, well below the normal of 66.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during April 1901 is 43.7 degrees F, just above the normal of 43.6 degrees.

Baltimore's first bus stop is installed. It is on North Howard Street just north of West Lexington Street.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 51 F; Precip.: None.

Flushers institutes a ban of smoking in its Baltimore store. The store, which sells toilets and toilet-related products, is the first Baltimore business dealing in non-highly-combustible products to ban smoking on its premises. (Filling stations, chemical and natural-gas plants, and some sawmills and lumber yards already had smoking bans due to flammability concerns, but Flushers bans smoking because its owner believes that smoking is detrimental to one's health.)

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: Trace.

BaltImore weather: High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 47 F; Precip.: None.

Gary Cooper is born Frank James Fenimore Cooper in Helena, Montana. He becomes an actor known for his strong, silent, and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as receiving an Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements in 1961. He was one of the top 10 film personalities for 23 consecutive years, and one of the top money-making stars for 18 years. The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Cooper at No. 11 on its list of the 25 greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Cooper's career spanned 36 years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in 84 feature films. He died at age 60 on May 13, 1961 in Los Angeles, California.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None.

The novel "The Happiest Girl" by Catonsville author Amy Crosby reaches #1 on many fiction bestseller lists. (It is the inspiration for Donna Fargo's hit song "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." 70 years later.)

Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: 0.63 inch.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for May 1901 is 3.67 inches, below the normal amount of 3.85 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during May 1901 is 69.8 degrees F, below the normal of 75.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during May 1901 is 53.8 degrees F, above the normal of 53.3 degrees.

Hiram Jamieson is quoted as saying, "People are born, and people die."

Baltimore weather: High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: None.

The Orioles wait 90 minutes for the Boston Americans to show up at old Oriole Park for a baseball game, but they do not.  The Americans mistakenly went to Philadelphia.  The Orioles call off the game.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 99° F; Low temp. 77° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for June 1901 is 0.90 inches, well below the normal amount of 3.98 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during June 1901 is 82.0 degrees F, below the normal of 84.4 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during June 1901 is 63.2 degrees F, above the normal of 62.6 degrees.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 103 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any July 1st (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 103° F; Low temp. 80° F; Precip.: None.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 103 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any July 2nd (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 103° F; Low temp. 80° F; Precip.: None.

Former federal judge William Howard Taft is installed as the first governor-general of the Philippines and declares amnesty for all insurgents who take an oath of allegiance.

Baltimore weather: Light rain with thunder; High temp. 96° F; Low temp. 77° F; Precip.: Trace.

This day is the last of a period of 18 consecutive days with no measurable precipitation in Baltimore.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 94° F; Low temp. 76° F; Precip.: None.

Pitcher Cy Young of the Boston Americans wins the 300th game of his career in a 5-3 win against the Philadelphia Athletics.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 72° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for July 1901 is 6.18 inches, above the normal amount of 4.48 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during July 1901 is 89.1 degrees F, just above  the normal of 88.8 degrees  The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during July 1901 is 71.8 degrees F, above the normal of 67.7 degrees.

Cleveland Spiders pitcher Ed Scott pitches a complete game and hits a solo home run for an 8-7 win against the Milwaukee Brewers. It is the last game of Scott's major-league career.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 72° F; Precip.: None.

2.75 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any August 6th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: 2.75 inches.

A contest is begun among 67 people in Baltimore to determine who is the most regular defecator among them. Contestants are required to defecate every day on schedule within an hour of a consistent time of their choosing. (The contest ends when Sarah Kavanaugh defecates on schedule for the 314th consecutive day, defeating her last remaining challenger, Charles Perl, who fails to defecate on schedule on that day.)

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: 0.57 inch.

Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox sets an American League record as a batter by leaving 11 runners on base as the White Sox lose to the Cleveland Blues, 11-7, at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio. Isbell gets one hit in six at-bats but no runs batted in. There are ten errors in this game, five by each team.

Late in the day, a tropical storm makes landfall near Deerfield Beach, Florida. Along portions of the east coast of Florida, "considerable damage" is reported due to strong winds.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 93° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: None.

Late in the day, a hurricane makes landfall in Louisiana, the same storm that had hit Florida on August 10th from the Atlantic Ocean side and then crossed the state into the Gulf of Mexico.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch.

The hurricane that hit Louisiana continues into Mississippi and weakens to a tropical storm. In Alabama, trees are uprooted, houses are de-roofed, and chimneys collapse in Mobile. Some areas of the city are also inundated with up to 18 inches of water due to storm tide. Several yachts, schooners, and ships are wrecked or sunk, resulting in at least $70,000 in damage^. However, due to warnings by the Weather Bureau, the Mobile Chamber of Commerce estimates that several millions of dollars in damage was evaded. All towns along the coast of Mississippi "suffered seriously". In Louisiana, severe damage is reported at some towns due to strong winds and high tides. The community of Port Eads reported that only the lighthouse was not destroyed, while other sources state that an office building also remained standing. In New Orleans, overflowing levees inundate numerous streets. Outside the city, crops suffer severely, particularly rice. Overall, the storm causes 10–15 deaths and $1 million in damage.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 88° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: 0.02 inch.

A thunderstorm with heavy rain and intense lightning hits Baltimore between noon and 2:00 in the afternoon. The east side of town is particularly hard-hit. Lightning ignites a match on the kitchen table of Dr. G.G. Rusk of the 2000 block of East Baltimore Street. A call box at Druid Hill Avenue and Whitelock Street gives an electrical shock to a police officer who tried to call a police station from the box; all of the call bells in the station suddenly began to ring at the same time. Lightning strikes a house in the 2600 block of East Baltimore Street and causes damage to the roof and a wall. A refrigerator in a house on North Luzerne Avenue is struck by lightning. Lightning shatters a flagstaff on a saloon at Patterson Park Avenue and Jefferson Street. Heavy rain washes a hole into the pavement at Lewis and Mullikin streets.

Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm with brief heavy rain; High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 74° F; Precip.: 0.30 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: 0.13 inch.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for August 1901 is 6.73 inches, well above the normal amount of 4.09 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during August 1901 is 83.8 degrees F, below the normal of 86.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during August 1901 is 69.6 degrees F, above the normal of 65.8 degrees.

The world's first battery-operated toy trains are introduced. The trains operate on size D flashlight batteries, introduced in 1899.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: 0.40 inch.

U.S. President William McKinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York. Czolgosz fires two bullets into McKinley's abdomen at close range. (MicKinley died of complications from the wounds on September 14, 1901, in Buffalo.)

Baltimore weather: High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: None.

U.S. President William McKinley dies at age 58 at 2:15 am local time in Buffalo, New York. Theodore Roosevelt, in Buffalo, takes the oath of office as the new U.S. president. (McKinley was shot in the abdomen twice at close range by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo on September 6, 1901. For a few days, doctors were optimistic that McKinley would recover. McKinley died of blood poisoning caused by gangrene that was growing on the walls of his stomach at the wound site; there was no medication at the time that could treat this condition.) William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843, in Niles, Ohio.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None.

Ed Sullivan is born Edward Vincent Sullivan in Manhattan, New York, NY.  He became a television personality, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He is principally remembered as the creator and host of the television variety program The Toast of the Town, later popularly—and, in 1955, officially—renamed The Ed Sullivan Show. Broadcast for 23 years from 1948 to 1971, it set a record as the longest-running variety show in US broadcast history. He died at age 73 on October 13, 1974, also in Manhattan, New York, NY.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: 0.50 inch.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: 0.36 inch.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for September 1901 is 2.50 inches, below the normal amount of 4.44 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during September 1901 is 77.3 degrees F, below the normal of 79.7 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during September 1901 is 59.6 degrees F, above the normal of 58.8 degrees.

Major League Baseball Final Standings for 1901

American League final standings

Note: The Baltimore Orioles of 1901 became the New York Highlanders in 1903. The Milwaukee Brewers of 1901 became the St. Louis Browns in 1902. The Washington Senators of 1901 became the Minnesota Twins in 1961.

National League final standings

 Note: There is no World Series (or equivalent) played in 1901.

 Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: 0.33 inch.

1.06 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any October 13th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: 1.06 inches.

Leonora Piper, who had attained international fame as a medium who could communicate with the dead through séance rituals, announces her retirement from the field in a two-and-a-half page article in the New York Herald under the headline "I Am No Telephone to the Spirit World". "I must truthfully say," she wrote to disappointed believers, "that I do not believe that spirits of the dead have spoken through me." (Despite her confession, however, she quickly recanted. People continued to approach her and she would conduct séances for most of her remaining years.) She was born on June 27, 1857, and died at age 92 on June 3, 1950.

Adelaide Hall is born in Brooklyn, New York. She becomes a jazz singer, actress, musician, dancer, and nightclub chanteuse. She died at age 92 on November 7, 1993, in London, England.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 48° F; Precip.: None.

The first candy canes with red-and-white stripes are manufactured. They are made by Gunther Candy Company of Baltimore. Gunther is the first company to make candy canes by machine. They also heavily promoted hanging their peppermint candy canes on Christmas trees, originally to keep dogs and cats from attacking the trees, as peppermint is an animal repellent. (The candy cane itself was invented in 1670 in Cologne, Germany.)

Baltimore weather: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: None.

Leon Czolgosz is executed at age 28 for his assassination of U.S. President Willliam McKinley. (He shot McKinley on September 6, 1901, and McKinley died eight days later.) Czolgosz's last words: "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people – the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime. I am sorry I could not see my father." Czolgosz is electrocuted by three jolts, each of 1,800 volts, in Auburn Prison in Auburn, New York, 45 days after McKinley's death. He is pronounced dead at 7:14 a.m. local time. Leon Czolgosz was born on May 5, 1873, in Alpena, Michigan.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for October 1901 is 1.52 inches, well below the normal amount of 3.94 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during October 1901 is 66.3 degrees F, below the normal of 68.3 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during October 1901 is 56.7 degrees F, just above  the normal of 57.4 degrees.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None.

This day is the last in a stretch of 15 consecutive days with no precipitation in Baltimore.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None.

This day is the last in a stretch of 25 consecutive days with no measurable precipitation in Baltimore.

Snow falls in Baltimore for the first time this snow season.

Baltimore weather: Light snow (a trace); High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).

Baltimore weather: High temp. 49° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for November 1901 is 2.26 inches, including melted ice and snow, below the normal amount of 3.13 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during November 1901 is 49.1 degrees F, well below the normal of 57.3 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during November 1901 is 34.6 degrees F, below the normal of 36.5 degrees. A total of 0.1 of an inch of snow falls in Baltimore during November 1901, equal to the normal amount of 0.1 of an inch.

King C. Gillette receives a U.S. patent for disposable safety razor blades.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: 0.14 inch.

The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stocholm, Sweden. The original five categories are physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. Alfred Nobel felt so badly about inventing dynamite that he decided to endow awards for people who do good constructive things.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: None.

The world's first table tennis tournaments are held. At the Royal Aquarium in London, England, Russell Ayling wins the men's tournament while Vyvyan Eames wins the women's tournament.

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: 0.04 inch.

Baltimore receives 2.88 inches of precipitation, the most in Baltimore on any December 29th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: 2.88 inches.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 49° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None.

The total precipitation in Baltimore for December 1901 is 7.07 inches, including melted ice and snow, well above the normal amount of 3.71 inches. The average daily high temperature in Baltimore during December 1901 is 42.0 degrees F, below the normal of 47.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature in Baltimore during December 1901 is 28.3 degrees F, below the normal of 29.6 degrees. A total of 0.6 of an inch of snow falls in Baltimore during December 1901, below the normal amount of 2.5 inches.

Total precipitation for Baltimore in 1901 is 43.04 inches, just above the normal amount of 43.02 inches.