Events in 1901:
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Jan 1 The Commonwealth of Australia is formed when the British (Imperial) Parliament Act, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900, comes into effect.
Jan 10 Oil discovered in Texas.
Feb 2 Queen Victoria's funeral takes place in St. George's Chapel.
Mar 4 William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as US president; Theodore Roosevelt serves as Vice President.
May 1 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo.
Jul 4 William Howard Taft, former Federal judge, is installed as first governor-general of the Philippines and declares amnesty for all insurgents who take an oath of allegiance.
Sep 2 Theodore Roosevelt advises "Speak softly & carry a big stick".
Sep 14 Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as the youngest man to serve as US President, after William McKinley finally dies after an anarchist shoots him in Buffalo.
Oct 24 First woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor).
Dec 10 First Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
Events in 2002:
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Jan 1 Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
Feb 8 19th Winter Olympic games open at Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Mar 1 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan as US special operations forces infiltrate the Shahi-Kot Valley in Eastern Afghanistan.
Apr 9 Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey UK. More than a million people line the streets.
Jun 30 FIFA World Cup: Brazil beats Germany 2-0 for football's 17th World Cup in Yokohama.
Jul 2 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
Sep 10 Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.