* 1901 – US President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20, 000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking the Congress to curb the power of trusts " within reasonable limits ".

The Britannica was dedicated to the reigning British monarch from 1788 to 1901 and then, upon its sale to an American partnership, to the British monarch and the President of the United States.

* 1901 – Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U. S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

* 1901 – President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the " Executive Mansion " to the White House.

* 1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, " Speak softly and carry a big stick " at the Minnesota State Fair.

* 1901 – President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.

* 1901 – Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

Theodore " Teddy " Roosevelt ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919 ) was the 26th President of the United States of America ( 1901 – 1909 ).

Roosevelt was 42 years old when sworn in as President of the United States in 1901, making him the youngest president ever ; he beat out the youngest elected president, John F. Kennedy, by only one year.

As Governor of New York State before becoming Vice President in March 1901, Roosevelt signed an act replacing the Police Commissioners with a single Police Commissioner.

Roosevelt's six months as Vice President ( March to September 1901 ) were uneventful.

Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901.

The name " Executive Mansion " was used in official contexts until President Theodore Roosevelt established the formal name by having " White House – Washington " engraved on the stationery in 1901.

* August 29 – Mohammed Naguib, 1st President of Egypt ( b. 1901 )

From left, clockwise: The Wright brothers achieve the first manned flight by airplane, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina | Kitty Hawk in 1903 ; U. S. President William McKinley is William McKinley assassination | assassinated in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition ; An 1906 San Francisco earthquake | earthquake on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, killing at least 3, 000 in 1906 ; United States | America gains control over the Philippines in 1902, after the Philippine – American War ; Rock being moved to construct the Panama Canal ; Admiral Heihachiro Togo | Togo before the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, part of the Russo-Japanese War, leading to Japanese victory and their establishment as a great power.

* September 6, 1901 — American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots U. S. President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

** Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam ( b. 1901 ) ( assassinated )

* August 20 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States ( d. 1901 )

* May – Leon Frank Czolgosz, assassin of U. S. President William McKinley ( d. 1901 )

* January 29 – William McKinley, 25th President of the United States ( d. 1901 )

One of the results was a dinner invitation to the White House in 1901 by President Theodore Roosevelt.

In his first term, President Theodore Roosevelt, following President McKinley's assassination of 1901, began trust-busting and anti-corporate-influence activities, but fearing defeat, turned to bankers and industrialists for support in what turned out to be his 1904 landslide campaign.

Both Cecil ( Class of 1900 ) and William ( Class of 1901 ) graduated from the Academy, which they attended on scholarship.

Theodore Roosevelt, the youngest to serve, was 42 years and 11 months old when he was sworn in following the death of William McKinley in 1901, and John F. Kennedy, the youngest to be elected, was 43 years and 7 months old when he was inaugurated in 1961.

These representatives did not, however, have any means of forcing their will upon the king — except by withholding the financial means required to execute his plans .< ref > William Dawson Johnston, The history of England from the accession of James the Second Volume I, Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1901.

* 1818 – William M. Evarts, American lawyer and statesman ( d. 1901 )

* 1843 – Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and essayist ( d. 1901 )

In 1901, William S. Harley, age 22, drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of and four-inch ( 102 mm ) flywheels.

* 1840 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic ( d. 1901 )

* 1901 – William H. Johnson, American artist ( d. 1970 )

Many scholars since William Wrede ( in 1901 ) have remarked on the so-called Messianic secret in the Gospel of Mark, whereby Jesus ' true nature and / or mission is portrayed as unseen by many, including by his inner circle of disciples.

William Craigie, starting in 1901, was responsible for N, Q – R, Si – Sq, U – V and Wo – Wy.

William, who had the support of his entirely black congregation, resigned in 1901.

In 1900 and 1901, Harvard Observatory director William Henry Pickering led two searches for trans-Neptunian planets.

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William Gowland oversaw the first major restoration of the monument in 1901 which involved the straightening and concrete setting of sarsen stone number 56 which was in danger of falling.

* Adolphus William Ward-President, Royal Historical Society ( 1899 – 1901 )

* William V. Allen, United States Senator from Nebraska, 1893 – 1901.

Theodore Roosevelt became president after William McKinley was assassinated in 1901.

He later ran for mayor and governor and even sought the presidential nomination, but lost much of his personal prestige when outrage exploded in 1901 after columnist Ambrose Bierce and editor Arthur Brisbane published separate columns months apart that suggested the assassination of William McKinley.