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World Events

population by decade

Nobel Peace Prize:
Henri Dunant (Switzerland); Frederick Passy (France)

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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.

President: William McKinley
Vice President: Theodore Roosevelt
Population: 77,584,000

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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.

Federal spending:   $0.53 billion
Unemployment:   4.0%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02

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Winnipeg Victorias

Women: Charlotte Sterry d. B. Hillyard (6-2 6-2)
Men: Arthur Gore d. R. Doherty (4-6 7-5 6-4 6-4)

His Eminence

Harvard (CFRA) (12-0-0) & Michigan (NCF, HF) (11-0-0)

Nobel Prize for Literature: René F. A. Sully Prudhomme (France)

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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.

Chemistry: Jacobus H. van't Hoff (Netherlands), for laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions

Physics: Wilhelm K. Roentgen (Germany), for discovery of Roentgen rays

Physiology or Medicine: Emil A. von Behring (Germany), for work on serum therapy against diphtheria

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