Historical Events
- National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, better known as Minor League Baseball is formed at the Leland Hotel in Chicago
Famous Birthdays
- Florence Eldridge [McKechnie], American Broadway stage and screen actress (Long Day's Journey Into Night; The Swan; Inherit The Wind), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
- Mieczyslaw Kolinski, Polish-Canadian composer (Encounterpoint), educator, and ethnomusicologist, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1981)
Famous Deaths
- Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (b. 1853)
Died in 1901 1901 Highlights
About September 5, 1901
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 122 years, 7 months and 28 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Virgo
