Page 11: Historical Events In 1900
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Aug 01 Otto Nothling, cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26) 


Aug 02 Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause) 


Aug 03 Arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer. 


Aug 03 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founded. 


Aug 04 Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) 


Aug 04 Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother is born 


Aug 04 Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother2007 A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is are discovered on the Surrey farm is born. 


Aug 05 Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher 


Aug 05 James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 


Aug 06 Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 


Aug 07 Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike. 


Aug 07 Taylor Caldwell, novelist 


Aug 08 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, and won by US 2 days later. 


Aug 08 Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange. 


Aug 08 NSW and Victorian Contingent departs Sydney for the Boxer Rebellion in China 


Aug 10 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0) 


Aug 10 Arthur Porritt, NZ, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1924) 


Aug 11 Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod) [NS]. 


Aug 12 James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42. 


Aug 12 Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer. 


Aug 14 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht) 


Aug 14 Intl forces including US Marines enter Beijing to put down Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners 


Aug 14 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer 


Aug 15 Estelle Brody, NYC, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything) 


Aug 15 Regular service is commenced over the 3'0" gauge White Pass and Yukon Railway between Skagway, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon. 


Aug 16 Eca de Queiroz, writer, dies 


Aug 17 Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News). 


Aug 18 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood) 


Aug 19 Colleen Moore, Port Huron MI, actress (Scarlet Letter). 


Aug 19 Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris 


Aug 20 Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break 


Aug 20 Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games 


Aug 21 Allied forces overun Peking's inner city 


Aug 21 Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go). 


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