Today in History for September 1900
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Months in 1900: January February March April May June July August October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 12 of 12
2nd - Telegraph use between Germany & US begins
3rd - British annex Natal (South Africa)
5th - France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
6th - British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa
8th - 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas
10th - 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)
11th - President Kruger crosses border with Mozambique
13th - Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine-American War.
17th - Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed
17th - Queen Victoria disbands British parliament
17th - Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
27th - Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St NYC
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 28 of 28
1st - Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht)
1st - Kazimierz Wilkomirski, composer
1st - Richard Arlen, Virginia, actor (Alice in Wonderland, Crawling Hand)
3rd - Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland (1956-81)
4th - Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder
6th - Julien Green, US/French writer (Frere Francois)
6th - W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
7th - "Janet" Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist (Melissa)
7th - Emerson Treacy, Phila, actor (California Straight Ahead)
8th - Claude D Pepper, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- ), old people's advocate
9th - James Hilton, English novelist (Goodbye Mr Chips)
11th - D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999)
12th - Eric Harding Thiman, composer
14th - Sidney Marion, MA, entertainer
15th - Larry Kent, CA, director (High Stakes)
17th - John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985)
17th - Hughie Critz, baseball player (d. 1980)
19th - Solomon Pimsleur, composer
20th - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil general/pres (1964-67)
20th - Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer
20th - Wilhelm Weismann, composer
22nd - William Spratling, American silversmith (d. 1967)
22nd - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (d. 1985)
23rd - Louise Nevelson, US, sculptor (Sky Cathedral)
23rd - Bill Stone, British serviceman; one of the last surviving veterans of World War I
24th - Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)
29th - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
30th - Otto Roesch, paleontologist
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
23rd - William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
25th - Félix-Gabriel Marchand, premier of Québec (b. 1832)
29th - Samuel Fenton Cary, congressman, prohibitionist (b. 1814)
