Today in History for January 1900
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 23 of 23
1st - 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)
1st - British protectorates of Northern & Southern Nigeria established
1st - Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
2nd - E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal)
2nd - Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise," premieres in Paris
2nd - John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
3rd - Gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin
3rd - Perihelion Passage
5th - Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
6th - Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
6th - Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris
10th - Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown
12th - Freeland Colony founded in US
14th - Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome
15th - SCNEC soccer team forms
16th - The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
18th - Jan Blockx's "Tÿl Uilenspiegel" premieres in Brussels
24th - Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
24th - Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England
26th - Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart
27th - Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention
29th - Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
29th - American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee & Minneapolis
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 41 of 41
1st - Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)
1st - William Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)
1st - Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
1st - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
3rd - Dorothy Arnzer, director
3rd - Maurice Jaubert, composer
4th - James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)
5th - Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]
5th - Paula Ludwig, writer
5th - Yves Tanguy, French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
6th - Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)
7th - John Brownlee, Australian tenor (d. 1969)
8th - Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia
9th - Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer
9th - Richard Halliburton, American adventurer (presumed dead 1939)
12th - Vaino Hannikainen, composer
13th - Yasuji Kiyose, composer
15th - Caesar Domela, Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son)
17th - Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts
20th - Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer
20th - Doris Deane, WI, entertainer
20th - Colin Clive, British actor (d. 1937)
22nd - Franz Salmhofer, composer
23rd - Mary Philips, CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde)
23rd - Ralph Graves, Cleve Ohio, actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street)
23rd - William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (d. 1988)
25th - Mildred Dunnock, Balt, actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story)
25th - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukraine, genetist/writer (Mankind Evolving)
25th - Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (d. 1986)
26th - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
27th - Hyman G Rickover, US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy)
28th - Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher (History of Ecuador)
28th - Anni Holdmann, Germany, 100m runner (Olympic-1928)
28th - Hermann Kesten, German writer (Allert de Lange)
28th - Michael Dewar Head, composer
28th - Alice Neel, American artist (d. 1984)
29th - Marco Tajcevic, composer
29th - Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea)
30th - Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, composer
30th - Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket)
30th - Sandy Powell, Rotherham England, costume designer (Rob Roy)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 6 of 6
3rd - Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80
8th - Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
20th - John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81
20th - Richard D Blackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74
22nd - David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
30th - Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71
