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Birthday April 3, 1900

• The temperature on April 3, 1900 was about -0.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
  • 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.
  • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian golfer († 1970)
• 1898 » David Jack, English footballer and manager († 1958)
• 1898 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer († 1981)
• 1898 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine († 1967)
• 1900 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland († 1958)
• 1900 » Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon († 1987)