August 30, 1901Scottish Born Hubert Cecil Booth Patented His Design for a Vacuum Cleaner Which Sucked in the Dust and Retained It by Means of a Filter.
March 31, 1901A Census on This Date Shows the Population of Ireland to Be 4,458,775; This Is the Last Census to Be Taken on the Basis of Baronies
April 5, 1902Disaster at English-Scottish Football Match at Ibrox Stadium When Part of the Flooring Collapsed, Killing 20, and Injuring 200.