October 1900 calendar

Events

• 02 Oct 1900 Belgian crown Prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern
• 03 Oct 1900 Edward Elgar / Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham
• 04 Oct 1900 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure Problem of Thor Bridge (BG)
• 05 Oct 1900 6th US Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 313 at Chicago Golf Club - Illinois
• 09 Oct 1900 8.3 earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska
• 16 Oct 1900 Queen Wilhelmina leaves Duke Heinrich Henry von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• 19 Oct 1900 Henry O Tanner, painter, wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition
• 24 Oct 1900 General Redvers Buller returns to England
• 25 Oct 1900 England annexes Transvaal.
• 26 Oct 1900 After 4 years of work, 1st section of New York subway opens
• 28 Oct 1900 After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close
• 30 Oct 1900 1st-ever US auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City
• 31 Oct 1900 AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace

Famous Birthday

• Heinrich Himmler

  German head of the Gestapo police, architect of the concentration camps and the Holocaust, who was second only to Hitler in the Third Reich.

• Antarès (astrologer)
• Jean Arthur

  American actress and singer (d. 1991).

• Thomas Wolfe

  American playwright and novelist who wrote "Look Homeward, Angel," 1929, "The Web and The Rock," 1939 and "You Can't Go Home Again," 1940.

• Helen Hayes

  American actress who was on-stage from age five; being a player in child and juvenile roles that led to adult fame that continued to grow...

• André Morice
• Alastair Sim

  Scottish actor in film and on stage, making his debut on stage at the age of 30 and film at 35.

• Jacques Chabannes

  France Writer.

• Mervyn Leroy

  Actor / screenwriter / director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86.

• Loudi Nijhoff

  Dutch actress who became known as the grand old lady of the theater after her lifetime of work.

• Marcelle Bunlet
• Erna Berger

  German coloratura lyric soprano, and opera singer and interpreter of German lieder.

• Karin Boye

  Writer.

• Ibrahim Abbud

  General / Premier Sudan (1958-64).

• Zeno Octavian Vancea

  Composer.

• Edward R Stettinius

  United States -- Foreign Minister (1944-45) / diplomat.

• Rodolfo Halffter

  Composer.

• Serge Chermayeff

  Architect / designer.

• Augustin Lara

  Composer.

• [Leon] Goose Goslin

  Baseball hall of famer (AL bat champ 1928).

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Famous Deaths

• Albert de Vriendt

  Flemish historical Painter / etcher.

• Sandor Erkel

  Composer, dies at 54.

• Zdenek Fibich

  Czech composer (Born 1850).

• Charles Dudley Warner

  US writer (As We Go), dies at 70.

• Naim Frasheri

  Albanian poet (Born 1846).

• Max Muller

  German-born orientalist (Born 1823).

• Heinrich von Herzogenberg

  Austrian composer and conductor (Born 1843).

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Top #3 songs in the USA

1. Haydn Quartet - Because
2. Harry Macdonough - My Wild Irish Rose
3. Harry Macdonough - A Bird in a Gilded Cage