2nd » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a Big Stick ideology called big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
6th » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed Anarchism e.g anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds President of the United States e.g US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
7th » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
14th » President of the United States William McKinley dies after an Assassination of William McKinley called assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
17th » The Battle of Elands River (1901) called Battle of Elands River is fought.
28th » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own, in a Balangiga massacre e.g surprise attack in the town of Balangiga, Eastern Samar or Balangiga on Samar Island.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1901
2nd » Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet (d. 1975)
2nd » Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (d. 1977)
3rd » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (d. 1959)
4th » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (d. 1985)
5th » Florence Eldridge, American actress (d. 1988)
5th » Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1991)
8th » Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1966)
9th » James Blades, English drummer (Melos Ensemble) (d. 1999)
12th » Ben Blue, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1975)
12th » Shmuel Horowitz, Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and academic (d. 1999)
13th » James McCoubrey, Canadian-American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
15th » Donald Bailey (civil engineer) or Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
17th » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (d. 1972)
18th » Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
19th » Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American production manager and producer (d. 1991)
22nd » Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
23rd » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
25th » Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
25th » Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (d. 1968)
26th » George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
28th » William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (d. 1990)
28th » Ed Sullivan, American television host (d. 1974)
29th » Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (d. 1981)
29th » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
30th » Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (d. 1966)
Famous Deaths for September 1901
5th » Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (b. 1853)
9th » Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
14th » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
25th » Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, List of Governors of Malta known as Governor of Malta (b. 1835)