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What Happened In May 1900 In History

Historical Events for May, 1900

  • 1st » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
  • 17th » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Siege of Mafeking called Mafeking.
  • 18th » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
  • 23rd » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • 24th » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1900

  • 1st » Ignazio Silone, Italian author and politician (d. 1978)
  • 10th » Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)
  • 12th » Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (d. 1976)
  • 12th » Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (d. 1971)
  • 14th » Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
  • 14th » Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
  • 14th » Leo Smit (Dutch composer) named Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
  • 14th » Edgar Wind, German-English historian and educator (d. 1971)
  • 20th » Sumitranandan Pant, Indian poet (d. 1977)
  • 22nd » Yvonne de Gaulle, French wife of Charles de Gaulle (d. 1979)
  • 23rd » Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946)
  • 23rd » Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954)
  • 24th » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
  • 25th » Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet (d. 1975)
  • 27th » Ethel Lang (supercentenarian) called Ethel Lang, English super-centenarian
  • 27th » Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet (d. 1933)
  • 28th » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (d. 1939)

Famous Deaths for May 1900

  • 5th » Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817)
  • 18th » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)

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