About the day » Saturday November 24, 1900Calender converter

• Antonie Bast, Hoogland, Nederland
• Amelia VAN DER SPIEGEL, Borsbeke, Herzele, 9550, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
• Adriana Wilhelmina van den Bout, Schiedam
• Annechiena Warmelina KLOOTS, Buinen (Borger), Drenthe, Nederland († 1977)
• Albert Pinkster, Valthermond (Odoorn)
• Albert van Dijk, Veendam († 2000)
• Adriaan van Graafeiland, Vlissingen († 1982)
• Adrianus Leonardus Post, Delft († 1937)
• Anna Maria Ooteman, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• ABRA MOERMAN, OOSTVOORNE († 1999)

• Abi Elizabeth Green (74), VA
• Alexandrina Bette- (77), Emmer-Compascuum, Nederland
• Akke Visser (39), Wymbritseradeel
• Joseph Rinzes de Jong (0), Workum
• August Eduard Jonkheer Barnaart (65), Muiden, N.H
• Adolphe Marie Joseph Ghislain de Rudder (39), Gand
• Anna Helena De Man (0), Pekalongan, Java Nederlandsch Indie
• Abigail Elizabeth Ross (74), Virginia
• Anne (Maria) "Catherine" KESSELS (84), Gulpen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anton Leopold Oberbanscheid (75), Landkreis Mettmann, Ratingen, Rheinland, Deutschland

• 1891 » Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1970)
• 1893 » Charles F. Hurley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts († 1946)
• 1894 » Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and businessman († 1978)
• 1895 » Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist († 1972)
• 1897 » Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, English tennis player († 1953)
• 1897 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss († 1962)
• 1899 » Ward Morehouse, American author, playwright, and critic († 1966)
• 1904 » Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian captain and surgeon († 1988)
• 1908 » Libertad Lamarque, Argentinian actress and singer († 2000)
• 1910 » Larry Siemering, American football player and coach († 2009)

• 1870 » Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1846)
• 1885 » Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837)
• 1890 » August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Erskine Childers, Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
• 1943 » Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Neeltje
15. Aaltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

The temperature on November 24, 1900 was about 6.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.