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World Events

• Queen Victoria dies on Jan. 22 after a reign of nearly 64 years, and is succeeded by her son, Edward VII.
  
  
• The Boxer Rebellion officially ends on Sept. 7 with the signing of the Peace of Beijing.
  
  

U.S. Events

• As President McKinley begins his second term, he is fatally shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (Sept. 6). Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as successor after McKinley dies on Sept. 14.
  
  
• J.P. Morgan creates the United States Steel Co., which will become the first $1 billion corporation in the world.
  
  

Economics

Sports

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Football Champions

Entertainment

Events

• Constantin Stanislavsky, founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, formulates the revolutionary Stanislavsky Method of acting, which requires actors to see and hear on stage as they do in real life, enabling them to react to theatrical situations in the same way they naturally would.

Science

• Guglielmo Marconi successfully receives wireless signals transmitted from England to Newfoundland.
• The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.

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