Hjort family tree » Emilie Cecilie Olesen (1900-)

Birthday October 14, 1900

• The temperature on October 14, 1900 was about 4.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist († 1975)
• 1898 » Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1950)
• 1900 » W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic († 1993)
• 1902 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager († 1963)
• 1904 » Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1995)
• 1904 » Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union († 1978)