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Months in 1900: January February March April May June July August September November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 17 of 17

2nd - Belg crown prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern
3rd - Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham
4th - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge" (BG)
5th - 6th US Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 313 at Chicago GC Ill
5th - Harry Vardon wins US Open golf tournament
6th - Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
7th - The term "orienteering" is 1st used for an event
9th - 8.3 earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska
16th - Queen Wilhelmina leaves duke Heinrich "Henry" von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
19th - Henry O Tanner, painter, wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition
19th - S African Pres Paul Kruger departs for Europe
24th - General Redvers Buller returns to England
25th - England annexes Transvaal
26th - After 4 years of work, 1st section of NY subway opens
28th - After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close
30th - 1st-ever US auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in NYC
31st - AL pres Ban Johnson writes to NL pres Nick Young seeking peace

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 39 of 39

1st - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
3rd - Jay Irving, NYC, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh)
3rd - Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (Look Homeward Angel)
6th - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
8th - Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect
8th - Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer
8th - Zeno Octavian Vancea, composer
9th - Alastair Sims, Edinburgh Scot, actor (Christmas Carol, Stage Fright)
9th - Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1928)
10th - Helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)
11th - Cal Hubbard, NFL tackle (Giants, Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates)
13th - Marius-Francois Gaillard, composer
13th - Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me) (d. 1997)
14th - Edwin McLeod, cricketer (played in NZ's 2nd-ever Test 1930)
15th - Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus)
15th - Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer (Devil at 4 O'Clock)
16th - Lloyd Corrigan, SF, actor (Papa Dodger-Willy, Prof McKillup-Hank)
16th - [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer (AL bat champ 1928)
16th - Edward Ardizzone, artist and illustrator (d. 1979)
16th - Primo Conti, Italian painter (d. 1988)
17th - Jean Arthur, New York, American actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington) (d. 1991)
18th - Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)
19th - Bill Ponsford, cricketer (great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic v NSW)
19th - Theodoro Valcarcel, composer
19th - Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1957)
19th - Erna Berger, German soprano (d. 1990)
20th - Heinrich Himmler, head of Gestapo [see oct 7]
20th - Rodolfo Halffter, composer
20th - Wayne Morse, (Sen-R/D-Ore)
22nd - Edward R Stettinius, US, foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat
22nd - James Hall, Dallas TX, actor (Hell's Angels)
23rd - Douglas Jardine, cricketer (England's Bodyline captain)
24th - Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages
24th - Karl Otto Runolfsson, composer
26th - Ibrahim Abbud, general/premier Sudan (1958-64)
26th - Karin Boye, writer
30th - Augustin Lara, composer
30th - Ragnar Granit Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
31st - Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball & football Hall of Famer

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 7 of 7

9th - Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer, dies at 57
14th - Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher, dies
14th - Sandor Erkel, composer, dies at 54
15th - Zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49
20th - Charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70
20th - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet (b. 1846)
28th - Max Müller, German-born orientalist (b. 1823)