What Happened In December 1900 - Historical Events 1900 December

Historical Events for December, 1900

18th » The Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Glossary of rail transport terms N Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria (Australia) Victoria, Australia is opened for
19th » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow named John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial polit
26th » A relief crew arrives at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.

3rd » Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004)
3rd » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
5th » Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972)
6th » Agnes Moorehead, American actress and singer (d. 1974)
8th » Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (d. 1990)
8th » Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982)
9th » Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977)
12th » Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer (d. 1988)
13th » Jonel Perlea, Romanian conductor (d. 1970)
16th » V. S. Pritchett, English author and critic (d. 1997)
17th » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
17th » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)
22nd » Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
23rd » Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (d. 1975)
24th » Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)
27th » Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)

21st » Roger Wolcott (Massachusetts) e.g Roger Wolcott, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847)
27th » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
28th » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)