Genealogy Kittrell » Fred Lauderdale (1900-1981)

Birthday March 25, 1900

• The temperature on March 25, 1900 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
  • January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
  • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier († 1981)
• 1899 » François Rozet, French-Canadian actor († 1994)
• 1901 » Ed Begley, American actor († 1970)
• 1903 » Binnie Barnes, English-American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader († 2001)
• 1903 » Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar († 1990)