Historical Events In 1900
May 25 Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in the Olympics
May 29 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
May 12 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
May 01 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT
May 17 Mafeking in South Africa relieved
May 26 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
May 18 Tonga becomes a British protectorate
May 31 British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg
May 08 250 grave robbers shot to death
May 23 Associated Press News Service forms in New York
May 28 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
May 24 Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa
May 24 Britain annexes Orange Free State
May 08 Galveston TX, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
May 17 British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony)
May 18 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga
May 22 Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player
May 28 Solar eclipse occurs
May 11 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title
May 27 Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa
May 19 Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago
May 02 George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell" premieres in London
May 31 Boxer rebellion in China
May 20 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris France (lasted 5 months)
May 31 Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)
May 12 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
May 21 Russia annexes Manchuria
May 22 Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative
May 05 "The Billboard" began weekly publication
May 28 Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand
May 31 Piet de Law captures Lieutenant-Colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry
May 31 Sailors and Marines from USS Newark and USS Oregon arrive at Peking, China with other Sailors and Marines from Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan to protect U.S. and foreign diplomatic legations from the Boxers
Jan 10 Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown
Jan 29 Queen Victoria gives assent July 9 to the Commonwealth of Australia Bill,
Jan 24 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England
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