1901 Census records and UKICensus.com NEWS
January 22 - Edward VII becomes King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES ITS INDEPENDENCE
The Commonwealth of Australia was inaugurated on 1st January 1901 in Centennial Park, Sydney. In March, elections were held for the new Federal Parliament, and in May the celebrations focused on Melbourne, where the first Federal Parliament was opened in the Royal Exhibition Building.
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
After the capture of their capital cities the Boers have turned to guerilla warfare, blowing up trains and ambushing British troops and garrisons. In response, the British forces are implementing their so-called 'scorched earth policy', burning farms and confiscating foodstuffs in an attempt to starve the Boer commandos into submission. Thousands of women and children have been removed from the farms and towns where they lived and placed in concentration camps where malnutrition and disease is rife.
MARCONI TRANSMITS WIRELESS SIGNAL ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
IT'S GOOD TO TALK! On 12 December 1901, Guglielmo Marconi achieved the first wireless signal to be transmitted across the Atlantic from Poldhu, Cornwall to Newfoundland. Aged only 27, facing much opposition and almost overwhelming difficulties, his success marked a turning point in world-wide communication.
1901 GREATEST HITS
The Billboard by John N. Klohr
Davy Jones' Locker by H.W. Petrie
Sweet Annie Moore by John H. Flynn
Tobermory by Harry Lauder
I've Grown So Used to You by Chattaway
Coon! Coon! Coon! by L. Friedman & G. Jefferson
Mighty Lak' a Rose by F. Stanton & E. Nevin
A Signal from Mars by E.T. Paull
New inventions since the last census:
1892 - Diesel Engine (Rudolf Diesel - Germany)
1893 - Dishwasher (Josephine Cochran - USA)
1895 - Wireless Telegraphy (G. Marconi - Italy)
1895 - X-Ray (Wilhelm C. Roentgen - Germany)
1898 - Tape Recorder (Valdemar Poulson - Denmark)
1899 - Aspirin (Felix Hoffman - Germany)
1899 - Paper Clip (Johann Vaaler - Norway)
Modern, efficient, clean and glamorous
The arrival of the electric-powered tram on London's streets has brought classless public transport to the masses.
Football
English League:
1900-01
Liverpool
Sunderland AFC
1901-02
Sunderland AFC
Everton
F.A. CUP 1901:
Champions:
Tottenham H.
Runner up:
Sheffield Utd.
TOP GEAR
Panhard & Levassor are proud to introduce their revolutionary new model:
the B2. It is the first car to use the System Panhard front-engine, rear-drive method.
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