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Birthday August 31, 1900

• The temperature on August 31, 1900 was about 16.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 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.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • 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.
  • November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
  • December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal († 1979)
• 1897 » Fredric March, American lieutenant, actor, and singer († 1975)
• 1900 » Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini († 1943)
• 1902 » Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence († 1977)
• 1903 » Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host († 1983)
• 1903 » Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher († 1985)