What Happened In September 1899 In History

Historical Events for September, 1899

• 13th » Henry H. Bliss called Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• 13th » Halford Mackinder e.g Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• 23rd » American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the 'Battle of Olongapo'.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1899

• 1st » Richard Arlen, American actor and singer (d. 1976)
• 3rd » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 5th » Humphrey Cobb, American author and screenwriter (d. 1944)
• 5th » Helen Creighton, Canadian author (d. 1989)
• 6th » Billy Rose, American composer and manager (d. 1966)
• 9th » Neil Hamilton (actor) known as Neil Hamilton, American actor (d. 1984)
• 9th » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1984)
• 9th » Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League (d. 1979)
• 11th » Philipp Bouhler, German politician (d. 1945)
• 11th » Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (d. 2000)
• 11th » Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1953)
• 13th » Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (d. 1938)
• 16th » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (d. 1975)
• 20th » Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1973)
• 21st » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
• 23rd » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (d. 1977)
• 23rd » Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor (d. 1988)
• 24th » William Dobell, Australian painter (d. 1970)
• 25th » Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1981)
• 28th » Alice de Janzé, American-Kenyan heiress (d. 1941)
• 29th » László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
• 29th » Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (d. 1980)

Famous Deaths for September 1899

• 17th » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)

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