July 1901

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The following events occurred in July 1901:

July 1, 1901 (Monday)

• The first United Kingdom Fingerprint Bureau is established at Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police headquarters in London, by Edward Henry.
• Bureau of Chemistry established within the United States Department of Agriculture.

July 4, 1901 (Thursday)

• The 1,282 foot (390 m) covered bridge crossing the Saint John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada opens. It is the longest covered bridge in the world.
• William Howard Taft becomes Governor-General of the Philippines.
• Died:
  • John Fiske, American philosopher (b. 1842)
  • Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (b. 1843)

July 6, 1901 (Saturday)

• Died:
  • Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1819)
  • Joseph LeConte, American physician and geologist, (b. 1823)

July 7, 1901 (Sunday)

• Born:
  • Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (died 1970)
  • Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and film director (died 1974)
• Died:Johanna Spyri, Swiss writer (b. 1827)

July 9, 1901 (Tuesday)

• Born:Barbara Cartland, English novelist (died 2000)

July 10, 1901 (Wednesday)

• The world's first passenger-carrying trolleybus in regular service operates on the Biela Valley Trolleybus route at Koeninggstein in Germany.

July 17, 1901 (Wednesday)

• Born:Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (died 1938)

July 18, 1901 (Thursday)

• Died:Jan ten Brink, Dutch writer (b. 1834)

July 20, 1901 (Saturday)

• Born:Heinie Manush, American baseball player (died 1971)

July 21, 1901 (Sunday)

• Born:Albert Hamilton Gordon, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2009)

July 24, 1901 (Wednesday)

• O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas.
• Born:Mabel Albertson, American actress (died 1982)

July 28, 1901 (Sunday)

• Died: John Irwin, American admiral (b. 1832)

July 31, 1901 (Wednesday)

• Born:Jean Dubuffet, French painter (died 1985)