March 1901 calendar

Events

• 04 Mar 1901 President William McKinley inaugurated for second term as President.
• 11 Mar 1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black second baseman Charlie Grant.
• 15 Mar 1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race March 16th.
• 17 Mar 1901 Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in the Netherlands
• 23 Mar 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast.
• 25 Mar 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derails near Marshalltown, Iowa.

Famous Birthday

• Manly Palmer Hall
• Gavin Arthur

  American astrologer in San Francisco and a leader in the gay liberation movement.

• Germaine Poinso-Chapuis

  French politician, the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post in the French government.

• Louis Leprince-Ringuet

  French nuclear physicist and author who specialized in X-ray research.

• Carl Barks

  American illustrator and screenwriter (d. 2000).

• Mark Donskoy

  Odessa, Russia -- Director (Heart of a Mother).

• Michel Seuphor

  Belgian abstract painter and art critic who achieved eminence.

• Claude Choules

  One of two surviving British veterans of World War I.

• Eisaku Sato

  Premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74.

• Gaston Palewski

  French politician, who was a close associate of Charles de Gaulle during and after World War II.

• Georges Chamarat

  French actor, who appeared in 109 films and television shows between 1929 and 1981.

• Erich Ollenhauer

  German politician and public official who served in parliament from 1949.

• Charles Goren

  American bridge expert.

• Edmund Rubbra

  English Composer (Born 1901).

• Giles G Healey
• Jeannette Ridenour-Snyder

  American astrologer from an interest that began when she read a book on the subject at age nine.

• Dan Donovan
• Enrique Discépolo

  Argentine singer-songwriter bandoneón player and pianist (d. 1951).

• Wilbur R Franks

  Canadian scientist (d. 1986).

• Andrija Maurovic

  Croatian illustrator (d. 1981).

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Famous Deaths

• John Stainer

  Composer, dies at 60.

• Peter Benoit Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass)

  dies at age 66.

• Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg German politician

  dies at age 64.

• Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell composer

  dies at age 38.

• Benjamin Harrison 23rd President (1889-1893)

  dies in Indianapolis at age 67.

• Franz Melde German physicist (Melde Test)

  dies at age 69.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Sousa's Band - American Patrol
2. Joe Belmont - Whip-Poor-Will Song
3. S. H. Dudley - When Reuben Comes to Town
4. Arthur Collins - Cindy, I Dreams About You
5. S. H. Dudley - Ma Blushin' Rosie