What Happened in November 1901

Historical Events

Nov 1 Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.

Way of the World

Nov 4 Clyde Fitch's stage play "Way of the World" opens at the Savoy Theatre, NYC; runs for 48 performances

Nov 5 Debut concert of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Emil Młynarski; program features Zygmunt Stojowski's Symphony in D minor (Op. 21)
Nov 7 A French fleet seizes the customs house on the Turkish-ruled island of Mytilene after Turks refuse to settle France's indemnity claims for losses suffered by French subjects in 1896
Nov 8 Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek

Jeux d'eau

Nov 11 Maurice Ravel's piano composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres

Nov 13 Caister Lifeboat Disaster claims lives of nine lifeboat men off the coast of Norfolk, England
Nov 15 6th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-0 in Tuscaloosa

Jefferies vs. Ruhlin

Nov 15 James J. Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries

Nov 16 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
Nov 18 The USA and Great Britain sign the Second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, or Interoceanic Ship Canal Treaty

Grisélidis

Nov 20 Dramatic opera "Grisélidis" by Jules Massenet, Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand premieres the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France

Feuersnot

Nov 21 Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot" premieres in Dresden

Nov 26 Italy and Britain sign an agreement fixing the frontier between their colonies of Eritrea and Sudan in East Africa

Der rote Hahn

Nov 27 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Der rote Hahn" premieres in Berlin

Dramatist, Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann

Nov 27 Prince Ito of Japan comes to St Petersburg hoping to get the Russians to grant Japan concessions in Korea, but later drops this goal and decides to make an alliance with Britain
Nov 27 U.S. Army War College is established in Washington, D.C.

Mahler's 4th Symphony

Nov 28 Gustav Mahler conducts premiere of his 4th Symphony in G, at Kaim-Saal concert hall in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany to mixed reviews

Nov 29 East 182nd Street in the Bronx is paved & opened

Events in 1901

Famous Birthdays

Nov 2 James Dunn, American vaudeville performer, stage and screen actor (Bad Girl; Bright Eyes; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), born in New York City (d. 1967)
Nov 2 Paul Ford, American actor (Phil Silvers Show), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1976)

André Malraux (1901-1976)

Nov 3 French novelist and art historian (La Condition Humaine), born in Paris, France

Nov 3 Leopold II, King of the Belgians (from 1934, abdicated 1951), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1983)
Nov 4 Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist who rediscovered the site of an ancient port city on the island of Thera, in the southern Aegean Sea, born in Lixoúrion, Cephalonia, Greece (d. 1974)
Nov 4 Yi Bangja [Princess Masako of Nashimoto], Japanese royal (Crown Princess Euimin of Korea, 1926-70), known as the "mother of the handicapped in Korea", born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1989)
Nov 5 Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series), born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England (d. 1979)
Nov 6 Juanita Hall (née Long), American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress and singer (South Pacific; Flower Drum Song), born in Keyport, New Jersey (d. 1968)
Nov 8 Gheorge Gheorghiu-Dej, Romanian communist politician (President of the State Council 1961-65), born in Bârlad, Romania (d. 1965)
Nov 8 Szymon Laks, Polish composer (head of prisoners orchestra at Auschwitz), born in Warsaw (d. 1983)
Nov 9 (Francis) "Muggsy" Spanier, American swing jazz and Dixieland revival cornetist and trumpeter, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
Nov 9 John Norrie McArthur, British malariologist and microscopist who invented a handheld field microscope (d. 1996) [1]
Nov 11 F. Van Wyck Mason, American historian and author (Three Harbours), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
Nov 11 Sam Spiegel, American film producer (On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai), born in Jarosław, Austrian Poland (d. 1985)
Nov 14 (John) Morton Downey, American pop tenor, known as "The Irish Nightengale", songwriter, radio and television host, born in Wallingford, Connecticut (d. 1985)
Nov 17 Joyce Wethered, British golfer (English Ladies' champion 1920–24), born in London, England (d. 1997)
Nov 17 Lee Strasberg, Austrian acting coach and actor (The Godfather: Part II, Somewhere in the Night), born in Budzanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1982)
Nov 17 Max Zehnder, Swiss composer, born in Turgi (d. 1972)
Nov 17 Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine, 1st President of the EU 1958-67)), born in Mainz, German Empire (d. 1982)

Craig Wood (1901-1968)

Nov 18 American golfer (US Masters, US Open 1941), born in Lake Placid, New York

George Gallup (1901-1984)

Nov 18 American survey sampling pioneer and inventor of the Gallup poll, born in Jefferson, Iowa

Nov 22 Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer, born in Sagunto, Spain (d. 1999)
Nov 22 Lee Patrick, American stage and screen actress (The Maltese Falcon; Topper (TVseries) - "Henrietta"), born in New York City (d. 1982)
Nov 24 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff "the dean of American winemaking", Russian-born American winemaker (Beaulieu wines, Napa Valley), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1994) [1]
Nov 25 Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1948)
Nov 25 Tibor Serly, Hungarian violinist and composer (American Elegy), born in Losonc, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1978)
Nov 26 Philip Idenburg, Dutch statistician, born in Hillegersberg, Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1995)
Nov 27 Ted Husing, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights CBS), born in New York City (d. 1962)
Nov 29 Mildred Harris, American actress (The Magic Cloak, No, No Nannette), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 1944)

Born in 1901

Famous Deaths

Nov 6 Bohdan Borkowski, Polish composer, dies at 48
Nov 6 Kate Greenaway, English artist known for her children's book illustrations (Under the Window), dies of breast cancer at 55
Nov 7 Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese modernizing politician and general (governor-general of Zhili province)), dies at 78
Nov 8 Mary Ann Bickerdyke, American army nurse (union), dies at 84
Nov 11 Antonio Zamara, Austrian harpist, teacher, and composer, dies at 72
Nov 22 Aleksandr Kovalevsky, Russian biologist (founded comparative embryology and experimental histology and identified a common pattern of embryological development in all multi-cellular animals), dies at 61
Nov 24 Heinrich Urban, German violinist, composer, and teacher of Wanda Landowska and Ignace Jan Paderewski, dies at 64
Nov 25 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62
Nov 27 Clement Studebaker, American manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles and later made early automobiles, dies at 70
Nov 30 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86

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