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Birthday November 14, 1900

• The temperature on November 14, 1900 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
  • December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

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• 1897 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic († 1946)
• 1898 » Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic († 1944)
• 1900 » Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator († 1990)
• 1904 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer († 1963)
• 1904 » Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge († 1970)
• 1904 » Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer († 1995)