Page 10: Historical Events In 1900

Jul 08   George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata).   

Jul 09   Australia accepts its constitution   

Jul 09   Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act is enacted by the United Kingdom Parliament   

Jul 09   Queen Victoria gives assent to the Commonwealth of Australia Bill,   

Jul 09   Robert Oboussier, composer   

Jul 10   Bob Catterall, cricketer (dashing South African batsman of 20's).   

Jul 10   Paris subway, the Metro, opens   

Jul 11   Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns.   

Jul 12   114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record).   

Jul 12   Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet (Life of Tchernyshevsky)   

Jul 13   JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament (social democratic).   

Jul 13   Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8.   

Jul 15   President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin.   

Jul 17   James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), hold that grapefruit.   

Jul 17   NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas.   

Jul 19   Arno Breker, German sculptor (3rd Reich sculptor.   

Jul 19   In this year, Michel Théato claims 2nd olympics marathon (2:59:45.0-40260k)   

Jul 20   Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist   

Jul 21   Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite.   

Jul 23   Pan-African Congress meets in London   

Jul 24   Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59.   

Jul 24   Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed   

Jul 24   Zelda Fitzgerald, 1st wife of F Scott   

Jul 25   Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola)   

Jul 25   Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match.   

Jul 27   Charles Vidor, Budapest Hungary, direct (Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl).   

Jul 28   Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut.   

Jul 28   Maurice Johnstone, composer   

Jul 29   Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer [OS].   

Jul 29   In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.   

Jul 29   In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I was shot to death by Gaetano Bresci, an Italian-born anarchist who had resided in America before returning to his homeland to murder the king   

Jul 29   Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci.   

Jul 31   Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin   

Jul 31   Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll).   

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Jan 01   Hubert van doorne: Dutch auto manufacturer (daf)   

Jan 01   William haines: Staunton va, actor (fast life, little annie rooney)   

Jan 01   Xavier cugat: Barcelona spain, bandleader (married abbe lane, charo)   

Jan 01   Chiune sugihara: Japanese diplomat    

Jan 03   Dorothy arnzer: Director   

Jan 03   Maurice jaubert: Composer   

Jan 04   James bond: American ornithologist   

Jan 05   Dennis gabor: Hung/brit physicist (holography-nobel 1971) [or jun 5]   

Jan 03   Edwin george monk: Composer,    

Jan 08   Billy bates: Cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 tests for eng),    

Jan 20   John ruskin: English writer (dearest mama talbot),    

Jan 22   David e. hughes: American musician (b. 1831)   

Jan 30   Vittorio bersezio: [carlo nugelli], italian playwright,    

Feb 03   Ottokar eugen novacek: Composer,   

Feb 16   George labram: Us mine engineer in south africa,   

Feb 18   Clinton l. merriam: American politician (b. 1824)