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Birthday November 29, 1900

• The temperature on November 29, 1900 was about 2.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 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.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic († 1963)
• 1899 » Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior († 1988)
• 1899 » Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever, last verified person born in the 1800s († 2017)
• 1900 » Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII († 1988)
• 1901 » Mildred Harris, American actress († 1944)
• 1904 » Egon Eiermann, German architect, designed the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church († 1970)