Family tree De Backer - Evers » Marguerite-Marie Deschamps (1900-)

Birthday August 30, 1900

• The temperature on August 30, 1900 was about 15.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • 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 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » John Gunther, American journalist and author († 1970)
• 1901 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author († 1981)
• 1906 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer († 1979)