Today in History for February 1900
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Months in 1900: January March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 27 of 27
2nd - Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris
3rd - Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
3rd - Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky.
5th - British troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal
5th - The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal
6th - Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
7th - British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal
7th - Labour Party forms in England
9th - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
10th - Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
14th - Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
14th - Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country.
15th - General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes
16th - 1st Chinese daily newspaper in US publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF)
16th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3 games to 1
18th - Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam
18th - Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured
18th - British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal
19th - British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal
22nd - Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
22nd - Hawaii became a US territory
23rd - Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
23rd - Steamer "Rio de Janeiro" sinks in SF Bay
27th - Battle at Pietershoogte
27th - Boer General Cronjé surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South-Africa
27th - British Labour Party forms
28th - General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 31 of 31
1st - Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders)
2nd - Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Springfield Ohio, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65)
2nd - Willie Kamm, MLB third baseman (d. 1988)
3rd - Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist (Fly Me to the Moon)
5th - Adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956)
6th - Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist
6th - Rudolf Vornlund, Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen)
8th - Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer
8th - John Cameron, judge
8th - Ivan Ivanov-Vano Soviet animator and Russian animation director (d. 1987)
10th - Rebecca Negrin
11th - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher
11th - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
11th - Josei Toda, Japanese educator (d. 1958)
12th - Fred Emney, London England, actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino)
16th - Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter
19th - Giorgos Seferis, writer
20th - Antonio Veretti, composer
20th - Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer
20th - Jean Negulesco
21st - Madeleine Renaud, French actress/theater director (Plaisir)
21st - Sydney Arnold, English comic/actor (Miss Jones & Son)
22nd - Evald Aav, composer
22nd - Giorgios Seferis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1963)
22nd - Sean O'Faolain, [John Whelan], Ire, writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk)
22nd - Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish author (d. 1991)
23rd - Elinor Remick Warren, composer
25th - Jed Harris, producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball)
26th - Jean Negulesco, Craiova Romania, director (Johnny Belinda, Jessica)
28th - Laura Z Hobson, writer
28th - Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 4 of 4
3rd - Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33
16th - George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
18th - Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)
23rd - William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies
