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* The train on which [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]'s [[Emperor Meiji]] was riding was almost involved in an collision with another train stalled on the same track, when the Traffic Section Chief at the [[Semine Station]] allowed the Imperial Train to depart. The near miss involving the Imperial Train would be used by the Nippon Railway Company as the basis for the dissolution of the recently formed labor union of engine drivers, the ''Kyoseikai''.<ref>Tetsuji Okazaki, ''Production Organizations in Japanese Economic Development'' (Routledge, 2007) pp. 90, 106</ref>

* The [[Gulf Oil|Gulf Refining Company]], forerunner of the major oil conglomerate [[Gulf Oil]], was chartered in [[Texas]].<ref>Betty Dooley Awbrey and Stuart Awbrey, ''Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers'' (Taylor Trade Publishing, 2013) p. 374</ref>

* On his way home after a Saturday night state dinner on the occasion of [[Edward VII|King Edward's]] birthday, [[Ottawa]] Mayor [[William Dowler Morris|W. D. Morris]] committed a minor criminal offense that would lead to his resignation only a week later. Morris, who had been inaugurated as the Canadian capital's mayor at the beginning of the year, was with two friends and the group stopped by the Russell House hotel for drinks. When he bought more drinks liquor for himself and his friends after the bar closed at midnight, he was charged by the [[Ottawa]] Chief of Police with violating the provincial law against "buying liquor during prohibited hours". Under [[Ontario]]'s municipalities law at the time, a violator of provincial acts was disqualified from voting or holding public office for a period of two years, and Mayor Morris pled guilty on November 16, then resigned.<ref>"Mayor Fined Quits Office", ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'', November 17, 1901, p. 1</ref><ref>"A Mayor Disqualified— Mr. Morris, of Ottawa, Bought Liquor During Prohibited Hours", ''Montreal Gazette'', November 18, 1901, p/ 8</ref>

* Seven men aboard the British battleship {{HMS|Royal Sovereign|1891|6}} were killed, and 14 injured, including [[Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet|Commander Robert Keith Arbuthnot]], when a 12-inch gun exploded while being fired during maneuvers in the [[Aegean Sea]].<ref>"Disaster on British Warship— Big Gun on Battleship Royal Sovereign Bursts, Killing Seven Men, Injuring Fourteen", ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', November 11, 1901, p. 2</ref> As Rear Admiral of the [[Royal Navy]], Arbuthnot would die along with 900 members of his crew in the sinking of {{HMS|Defence|1907|6}} during the [[Battle of Jutland]] during [[World War I]].<ref>"Arbuthnot, Sir Robert Keith", in ''Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present'', William Stewart, ed. (McFarland, 2009) p. 10</ref>