Editing 1901

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== Events ==
* August - The pan-Serbian [[Black Hand]] is founded.
* September 6 - U.S. President [[William McKinley]] is assassinated at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York by anarchist [[Leon Czolgosz]].
* September 7 - End of the Boxer Rebellion.
* October 29 - Leon Czolgosz is executed via the electric chair for his role in assassinating William McKinley.
== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* January 16 - [[Fulgencio Batista]]
* February 23 - [[Erhard Heiden]]
* March 25 - [[Friedrich Alpers]]
* April 29 - [[Emperor Hirohito]]
* June 6 - [[Sukarno]]
* August 6 - [[Dutch Schultz]]
* September 8 - [[Hendrik Verwoerd]]
* October 11 - [[Masanobu Tsuji]]
* October 19 - [[Mecislovas Gedvilas]]
* October 24 - [[Hjalmar Mäe]]
* November 25 - [[Rudolf Höß]] & [[Arthur Liebehenschel]]
* December 12 - [[Fred Barker]]
* December 26 - [[John Paul Chase]]

=== Victim births ===

* December 25 - Milada Horáková<br />

== Death ==
=== Villain deaths ===
* March 13 - [[Benjamin Harrison]]
* September 14 - [[William McKinley]]
* October 29 - [[Leon Czolgosz]]
* November 30 - [[Edward John Eyre]]

=== Victim deaths ===
*May 9 - Lizzie van Zyl