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1900 Historical Event(s)
January 29, 1900
– The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
January 31, 1900
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
February 5, 1900
– The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal
March 14, 1900
– The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
April 15, 1900
– Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
April 30, 1900
– Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
May 1, 1900
– The Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
May 18, 1900
– The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
August 3, 1900
– The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded.
Who Were Born On 1900?
March 4, 1900
– Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter (d. 1971)
April 11, 1900
– Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
April 25, 1900
– Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
June 15, 1900
– Otto Luening, German-born American composer (d. 1996)
June 28, 1900
– Bob Taggart, Scottish centenarian (d. 2009)
July 18, 1900
– Nathalie Sarraute, French writer (d. 1999)
August 22, 1900
– Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
October 1, 1900
– Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
October 23, 1900
– Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958)
December 17, 1900
– Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)