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Birthday September 9, 1900

• The temperature on September 9, 1900 was about 11.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager († 1973)
• 1899 » Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League († 1979)
• 1899 » Neil Hamilton, American stage, film and television actor († 1984)
• 1899 » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1984)
• 1900 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1903 » Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian († 1995)