Today in History for June 1900
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Months in 1900: January February March April May July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 15 of 15
1st - British army occupiers Pretoria South-Africa
5th - Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria
7th - Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal
8th - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 6 Napoleons" (BG)
11th - -12] Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha
12th - German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power
13th - China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians
14th - Hawaiian Territorial Government begins
14th - The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
18th - Empress Douairiere orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
18th - Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
21st - Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
24th - Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party & Socialistenbond merge
26th - Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever
30th - 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 34 of 34
2nd - David Wynne, composer
3rd - Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New)
5th - Barbara Gooden, novelist
5th - Dennis Gabor, inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) [or Jan 5]
6th - Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train)
6th - Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (d. 1957)
7th - Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic (Garden of Eros)
8th - Herman J Friedericy, [H J Merlijn], writer (Last general)
9th - Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender)
9th - Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot
10th - Henri Bruning, Dutch literary
11th - Lawrence E Spivak, Bkln NY, news panelist (Meet the Press)
12th - Amadeo Roldan, composer
12th - Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Sonna)
13th - Ian Hunter, Capetown S Afr, actor (Dr Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn)
14th - June Walker, IL, actress (War Nurse, Unforgiven)
15th - Otto Clarence Luening, Milwaukee Wisconsin, composer (Sonority Canon)
15th - Paul J Mares, US, jazz trumpetist/composer (Farewell blues)
15th - Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)
16th - Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62)
17th - Hermann Reuter, composer
17th - Martin Bormann, propoganda minister (Hitler)
19th - Laura Hobson, NYC, TV writer/panelist (I've Got a Secret)
20th - Ernest White, composer
21st - Gunnar Ek, composer
22nd - Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47)
24th - Memphis Minnie, rocker
24th - Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
25th - Izak D du Plessis, South African writer/director (3rd World)
25th - Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral
26th - Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter
27th - Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77)
28th - Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Kordian into Cham)
29th - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 4 of 4
5th - Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28
11th - Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53
21st - Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69
29th - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
