Pedigree Plomp » Adrianus Ooms (1900-)

Birthday March 27, 1900

• The temperature on March 27, 1900 was about -0.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
  • July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
  • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Francis Ponge, French poet and author († 1988)
• 1899 » Gloria Swanson, American actress and producer († 1983)
• 1899 » Herbert Arthur Stuart, German-Swiss physicist and academic († 1974)
• 1901 » Carl Barks, American illustrator and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1901 » Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1901 » Erich Ollenhauer, German politician († 1963)