Sherren Family Tree » Mary Elizabeth Spencer (1900-1982)

Birthday June 19, 1900

• The temperature on June 19, 1900 was about 14.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1897 » Moe Howard, American comedian († 1975)
• 1902 » Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and bandleader († 1977)
• 1903 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player († 1941)
• 1903 » Mary Callery, American-French sculptor and academic († 1977)
• 1903 » Wally Hammond, English cricketer and coach († 1965)