February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death May 2, 1901
The temperature on May 2, 1901 was between 2.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). Source: KNMI
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