The Day China Paid for Rebellion
On September 7, 1901, China signed the Boxer Protocol, accepting a crushing indemnity and foreign troops on its soil after the Boxer Rebellion.
Tales from the year 1901
The Afternoon the Presidency Changed Hands
On September 14, 1901, hours after William McKinley died, Theodore Roosevelt took the presidential oath in the library of a friend's Buffalo home.
The Airship Race Around the Eiffel Tower
On October 19, 1901, Alberto Santos-Dumont flew his airship from Saint-Cloud around the Eiffel Tower and back in 29 minutes 30 seconds, winning a 100,000-franc prize after his engine quit mid-flight.
The 63-Year-Old Who Rode Niagara Falls in a Barrel
On her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.