* 1901 – Reginald Sheffield, British actor ( d. 1957 )

* December 8 – Reginald Sheffield, English actor ( b. 1901 )

Heterodyning is a radio signal processing technique invented in 1901 by Canadian inventor-engineer Reginald Fessenden, in which new frequencies are created by combining or mixing two frequencies.

Publicity generated sales and in 1901 the news that both Reginald Vanderbilt and Alfred Vanderbilt had purchased Winton automobiles boosted the company's image substantially.

20th century erotic fiction includes such classics of the genre as: Suburban Souls ( 1901 ), published by Carrington and possibly written by him also ; The Confessions of Nemesis Hunt ( issued in three volumes 1902, 1903, 1906 ), probably by George Reginald Bacchus, printed by Duringe of Paris for Leonard Smithers in London ; Josephine Mutzenbacher ( 1906 ) by Felix Salten ; Sadopaideia ( 1907 ) by Anon ( possibly Algernon Charles Swinburne ); Les Mémoires d ' un jeune Don Juan ( 1907 ) and the somewhat disturbing Les onze mille verges ( 1907 ) by Guillaume Apollinaire ; The Way of a Man with a Maid ( 1908 ) and A Weekend Visit by Anon ; Pleasure Bound Afloat ( 1908 ), Pleasure Bound Ashore ( 1909 ) and Maudie ( 1909 ) by Anon ( probably George Reginald Bacchus ); Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l ' usage des maisons d ' éducation ( 1917 ) and Trois filles de leur mère ( 1926 ) by Pierre Louys ; Story of the Eye ( 1928 ) by Georges Bataille ; Tropic of Cancer ( 1934 ) and Tropic of Capricorn ( 1938 ) by Henry Miller ; The Story of O ( 1954 ) by Pauline Réage ; Helen and Desire ( 1954 ) and Thongs ( 1955 ) by Alexander Trocchi ; Ada, or Ardor ( 1969 ) by Vladimir Nabokov ; Journal ( 1966 ), Delta of Venus ( 1978 ) and Little Birds ( 1979 ) by Anaïs Nin and The Bicycle Rider ( 1985 ) by Guy Davenport.

* Reginald Douglas Crook, 1st Baron Crook ( 1901 – 1989 )

* Reginald Douglas Crook, 1st Baron Crook ( 1901 – 1989 ), British peer

It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition ( BrNAE ), 1901 – 04, which named this feature for Lt. Reginald W. Skelton ( Royal Navy ), chief engineer of the expedition's ship RRS Discovery.

* Reginald Innes Pocock ( 1901 ).

Reverend Hugh Reginald Haweis ( April 3, 1838 – January 29, 1901 ) was an English cleric and writer.

In 1901 Silver's son Reginald ( Rex ) Silver took over the studio and ran it until 1963.

In 1901 he did not compete and in the 1902 Championships he lost in the All-Comers final to Englishman Reginald Doherty.

She divorced Egerton Clairmonte in 1901 and married the dramatic agent Reginald Golding Bright, fifteen years her junior.

Sir Reginald Goodall ( 13 July 1901, Lincoln – 5 May 1990 ) was an English conductor, noted for his performances of the operas of Richard Wagner and conducting the premieres of several operas by Benjamin Britten.

There is also a report that an Italian, Triulzi, demonstrated such a device in 1901, calling it a cleptoscope.

By the turn of the century Breitner was a famous painter in the Netherlands, as demonstrated by a highly successful retrospective exhibition at Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam ( 1901 ).

Cattell believed that his mental tests were measuring intelligence ; however, in 1901 Clark Wissler, a student of Cattell, demonstrated that there was no statistical relationship between scores on Cattell's tests and academic performance.

In 1895 Guglielmo Marconi demonstrated the first viable radio system, leading to transatlantic radio communication in December 1901.

The successes that followed of the Nellie Johnstone No. 1 ( Bartlesville, Oklahoma ) in 1897, Spindletop ( Texas ) in 1901, and the Ida Glenn No. 1 ( Glenn Pool, Oklahoma ) in 1905, demonstrated the existence of a large oil field in the central and southwestern United States.

Annie Jump Cannon and Edward C. Pickering at Harvard College Observatory developed a method of categorization that became known as the Harvard Classification Scheme, published in the Harvard Annals in 1901.

The use of the term in reference to the method of teaching is dated to 1901 by the OED.

The phenomenological tie-in with the sociology of knowledge stems from two key historical sources for Mannheim's analysis: Mannheim was dependent on insights derived from Husserl's phenomenological investigations, especially the theory of meaning as found in Husserl's Logical Investigations of 1900 / 1901 ( Husserl: 2000 ), in the formulation of his central methodological work: " On The Interpretation of Weltanschauung " ( Mannheim: 1993: see fn41 & fn43 )-this essay forms the centerpiece for Mannheim's method of historical understanding and is central to his conception of the sociology of knowledge as a research program ; and The concept of " Weltanschauung " employed by Mannheim has its origins in the hermeneutic philosophy of Wilhelm Dilthey, who relied on Husserl's theory of meaning ( above ) for his methodological specification of the interpretive act ( Mannheim: 1993: see fn38 ).

George Horace Gallup ( November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984 ) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.

The method was described on 30 December 1901 at the XI Congress of Naturalists and Physicians ( XI съезд естествоиспытателей и врачей ) in St. Petersburg.

The process is named for its inventor Anson Gardner Betts who filled several patents for this method starting in 1901.

Pathan women in the North-West Frontier Province ( 1901 – 1955 ) of Pakistan during the Anglo-Afghan Wars used a method of execution involving urine, Pathan women urinated into prisoner's mouths.

The best known of these film-makers was Edwin S. Porter, who started making films for the Edison Company in 1901.

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.

** Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses.

Espresso machines were introduced at the beginning of the 20th century when Luigi Bezzera of Milan filed the first patent in 1901., and although the first generations of machines certainly did not make espresso the way we define it today, coffee making in Cafés changed in the first decades of the 20th century.

Founded in 1855 by the abolitionist John Gregg Fee ( 1816 – 1901 ), Berea College admitted both black and white students in a fully integrated curriculum, making it the first non-segregated, coeducational college in the South and one of a handful of institutions of higher learning to admit both male and female students in the mid-19th century.

After its original production, Iolanthe was not revived in London until 1901, making it the first of the operas to be revived after the composer's death the year before.

In 1901, the company produced 425 cars, making it the first high-volume gasoline-powered automobile manufacturer.

In 1901 Albright and Wilson started making phosphorus sesquisulfide at their Niagara Falls, New York plant for the US market, but American manufacturers continued to use white phosphorus matches.

Founded in 1882, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, making it the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League.

Before this promotion Tottenham had won the FA Cup in 1901, making it the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League.

This home viewing release, under the title The Godfather Trilogy 1901 – 1980, had a total run time of 583 minutes ( 9 hours, 43 minutes ), not including the set's bonus documentary by Jeff Werner on the making of the films, " The Godfather Family: A Look Inside ".

Despite these personnel changes, PSV went on to win their 21st title, making it the third time in the history of the league that a team won four championships in a row, after HVV Den Haag ( 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 ) and PSV ( 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 ).

On August 4, 1901 the Chickasaw Nation's land was opened to white settlement, in turn making Minco a railroad hub for the entire region.

On October 19, 1901, after several attempts, Santos-Dumont succeeded in making the trip in using his dirigible Number 6.

In 1901 the National Telephone Co., Ltd. established a factory there for making telephone material.

Inadequate ventilation in some parts of the hat making process led to other sorts of dangers ; solvents were also used and on 14 January 1901 there was an explosion at the factory of Joseph Wilson & Sons in Denton, killing 13 people and injuring many more.

By 1913 Henry Ford had built a new factory in Manchester and was the leading UK producer, building 7310 cars that year, followed by Wolseley at 3000, Humber ( making cars since 1898 in Coventry ) at 2500, Rover ( Coventry car maker since 1904 ) at 1800 and Sunbeam ( producing cars since 1901 ) at 1700, with the plethora of smaller producers bringing the 1913 total up to about 16, 000 vehicles.

In making preparations for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1901, the Duke of Norfolk consulted her on matters of etiquette and attire.

() is a football club from Port Talbot in Wales and was founded in 1901, making Port Talbot Athletic as they were then one of the first association football clubs to be founded in Wales.

* January 1-Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses.

Springfield was sure enough that the Model 1901 would be accepted that they began making some parts, but it was not accepted and further changes were asked for.

Claims for Whitehead's best-known reported manned powered flights depend largely on a newspaper article that said he achieved the feat in Connecticut in August 1901, and on an unsigned Scientific American article in September 1903 describing Whitehead making short flights low to the ground in a motorized triplane originally designed as a glider.

In addition, from 1901, Chaliapin began touring in the West, making a sensational debut at La Scala that year as the devil in a production of Boito's Mefistofele, under the baton of one of the 20th century's most dynamic opera conductor, Arturo Toscanini.

Lamar's birth was in large part due to the demand for technically trained individuals in the area, after the 1901 Spindletop oil discovery, making Beaumont, Texas one of the most heavily industrialized areas of the United States.