Last week, Queen Elizabeth passed away. She was the longest living British monarch in history. Who held the record before Elizabeth? Of course, it was Queen Victoria. What else was being reported in newspapers around the globe the same day the beloved Victoria died back in 1901?

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Associated Press. “Fired At Professor.” The Victoria Daily Times (Victoria, British Columbia), January 22, 1901. www.newspapers.com.

“Attack on M. Deschanel Still Puzzles Paris.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), February 24, 1901. www.newspapers.com.

“Cudahy Gets His Boy.” Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, Nebraska), December 20, 1900. www.newspapers.com.

“Draft From Pat Crowe.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO), July 14, 1901. www.newspapers.com.

“Drops Completely Out Of Sight.” The Omaha Daily News (Omaha, Nebraska), December 19, 1900. www.newspapers.com.

“Elisha Gray Dead.” Moberly Evening Democrat (Moberly, Missouri), January 22, 1901. www.newspapers.com.

“Elisha Gray.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Accessed August 18, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elisha-Gray.

“Elisha Gray.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, August 6, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray#:~:text=Gray%20is%20best%20known%20for,the%20liquid%20transmitter%20from%20him.

“Held For Heavy Ransom.” The Omaha Evening Bee (Omaha, Nebraska), December 19, 1900. www.newspapers.com.

“Hotel Arrivals.” Daily Delta (Visalia, California), January 22, 1901. www.newspapers.com.

Nash, Jay Robert. “Patrick Crowe: The Friendly Kidnapper.” Annals of Crime. Accessed August 18, 2022. http://www.annalsofcrime.com/04-04.htm.

Oram, Kirsty. “Victoria (r. 1837-1901).” The Royal Family, February 3, 2021. https://www.royal.uk/queen-victoria#:~:text=Victoria%20died%20at%20Osborne%20House,son%2C%20Edward%20VII%20succeeded%20her.

“Pairs Day by Day: Acquittal of Vera Gelo.” The Daily Telegraph (London, England), April 20, 1901. www.newspapers.com.

“Pat Crowe.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 25, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Crowe.

“Think He Is Pat Crowe.” Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, Nebraska), January 22, 1901. www.newspapers.com.

“Vera Gelo Thrills.” The Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paull, Minnesota), April 6, 1902. www.newspapers.com.

“Victoria, Queen of England, Is Dead.” The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana), January 22, 1901. www.newspapers.com.

“What Happened during the Victorian Era?” Royal Museums Greenwich. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-happened-during-victorian-era.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.