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Birthday November 28, 1900

• The temperature on November 28, 1900 was about 7.1 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Dawn Powell, American author and playwright († 1965)
• 1896 » Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress († 1994)
• 1898 » İhap Hulusi Görey, Turkish graphic artist († 1986)
• 1900 » Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter († 1985)
• 1903 » Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress († 2012)
• 1904 » James Eastland, American planter and politician († 1986)