page_title: 1901
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 1901 / Events / September
context_page_description: 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1901st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 901st year of the 2nd millennium, the 1st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1901, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: September 2 – U.S. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick", at the Minnesota State Fair.
  September 3 – The National Flag of Australia flew for the first time atop the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne
  September 5 – The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball), is formed in Chicago.
  September 6 – William McKinley assassination: American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots U.S. President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies 8 days later.
  September 7 – The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends, with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
  September 14 – Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States, upon President William McKinley's death. Roosevelt is sworn in that afternoon.
  September 26 – The body of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is exhumed and reinterred, in concrete several feet thick.
  September 28 – Philippine–American War: Balangiga massacre: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty United States soldiers in a surprise attack, in the town of Balangiga in Samar.
caption: September 7: The Boxer Rebellion in China ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
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