Noordwijkerhout Van Toen (NoVaTo) » Dirk Willem Gesink (1900-)

Birthday July 27, 1900

• The temperature on July 27, 1900 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Robert George, Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia († 1967)
• 1899 » Percy Hornibrook, Australian cricketer († 1976)
• 1902 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist († 1949)
• 1903 » Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright († 1990)
• 1903 » Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece († 2002)
• 1903 » Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor († 1966)