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Birthday May 31, 1900

• The temperature on May 31, 1900 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
  • March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  • 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 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician († 1951)
• 1892 » Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter († 1968)
• 1894 » Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author († 1956)
• 1898 » Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author († 1993)
• 1900 » Lucile Godbold, American Olympic athlete († 1981)
• 1901 » Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer († 1983)