February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
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.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
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.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Christening day August 25, 1900
The temperature on August 25, 1900 was about 14.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
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.
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.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
Day of marriage November 6, 1937
The temperature on November 6, 1937 was between 6.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
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