The Brown Tree » David John McClelland (1900-)

Birthday December 5, 1900

• The temperature on December 5, 1900 was about 9.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
  • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • 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 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.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

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• 1898 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress († 1947)
• 1898 » Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator († 1982)
• 1900 » Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer († 1972)
• 1901 » Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and author († 1980)
• 1901 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company († 1966)
• 1901 » Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)