Notable Figures Born on February Through November in 1900 04 1904
A list of prominent figures across politics, arts, science, and culture with birth dates ranging from February 5, 1900 to November 11, 1904. Names include Adlai Stevenson, Spencer Tracy, Ernie Pyle, Helen Hayes, Margaret Mitchell, Aaron Copland, Clark Gable, Linus Pauling, Gary Cooper, Louis Armstrong, Enrico Fermi, Walt Disney, Langston Hughes, Charles Lindbergh, Steinbeck, and many more.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Spencer Tracy
Ernie Pyle
Helen Hayes
Margaret Mitchell
Aaron Copland
Clark Gable
Louis Kahn
Linus Pauling
Gary Cooper
Louis Armstrong
Enrico Fermi
George Gallup
Walt Disney
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
John Steinbeck
Thomas E. Dewey
Guy Lombardo
Richard Rodgers
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Ogden Nash
Ed Sullivan
Edgar Bergen
Ansel Adams
Charles Goren
Eliot Ness
Benjamin Spock
Bob Hope
Lou Gehrig
John Dillinger
Erskine Caldwell
Cary Grant
George Kennan
William L. Shirer
James T. Farrell
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Willem de Kooning
James Beard
Salvador Dali
Louis Leakey
Vladimir Horowitz
Alger Hiss
Queen Victoria Dies at 82 in Isle of Wight
Queen Victoria dies January 22 at Cowes on the Isle of Wight aged 82. The Empire spans five continents with a vast navy to guard routes. She is succeeded by her son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, ushering in the Edwardian era as Edward VII.
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Victoria
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Albert Edward
Prince of Wales
Edward
Early 1903 Sales Spotlight Two American Authors Rise
In 1903 The Call of the Wild by Jack London tops readers lists and ranks just behind Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin in annual sales. The year marks strong debuts for both authors and signals wide public appeal for frontier adventure and wholesome family fiction.
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Jack London
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
Scott Joplin and the rise of Maple Leaf Rag fame
Scott Joplin born 1868 to freed slaves near Texarkana Texas earns the title King of Rag time. His Original Rags appeared in 1899 and Maple Leaf Rag surged in popularity as rag time captured American ears in the early 1900s.
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Scott Joplin
Bowie County
Texarkana
Texas
Joplin
Klee and Picasso Rise to Fame with Groundbreaking Works
In 1903 Swiss master Paul Klee unveils Two Men Meet, Each Supposing the Other to Be of Higher Rank, a bold etching. Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's La Vie embodies his early blue period and forward path to fame.
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Paul Klee
Pablo Picasso
When Does the Century Actually Start in 1900
Readers debate when the new century begins with 1900. Editors note the century ends in 1900, not 1899, since the 19th ends on December 31, 1900. The New York Tribune cautions against dating errors while acknowledging the calendar shift as momentous.
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New York Tribune
United States enters 1900 amid euphoria and change
A New Year overview notes Wall Street optimism despite a prosperity panic. It lists McKinley and Ida at the White House reception, McKinley’s 1896 victory, and early 1900 events including plans to make lynching a federal crime, Roosevelt’s “big stick” quip, the American League’s formation, Olympic success, and the McKinley assassination attempt.
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United States
Wall Street
James T. Woodward
America
Washington
William McKinley
Ida McKinley
White House
McKinley
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
U.S
George H. White
North Carolina
Congress
Teddy Bear origins tied to Roosevelt bear story
Theodore Roosevelt during a 1902 Mississippi boundary dispute hunt spares a Louisiana black bear. Cartoonist Clifford Berryman depicts the moment in The Washington Post on November 18. Morris and Rose Michtom create the plush teddy bear in Brooklyn with the president's approval, launching a global icon for children.
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Dent Theodore Roosevelt
Mississippi
Louisiana
Wright Brothers first powered flight at Kitty Hawk
On December 17, 1903 near Kill Devil Hill, Orville and Wilbur Wright demonstrated a heavier-than-air airplane. The fourth flight by Wilbur lasted 59 seconds and 852 feet. The Norfolk Virginian Pilot provided the sole strong newspaper coverage.
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Kill Devil Hill
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Orville Wright
America
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Key 1902 events include Reed’s mosquito finding and AAAs birth
Major Walter Reed and Dr. James Carroll announce that a tiger mosquito spreads yellow fever in Cuba. The American Automobile Association forms in Chicago to promote auto use. Congress creates the Census Bureau. Enrico Caruso records. The Chinese Exclusion Act is renewed. Cuba gains independence as Palma becomes president. The Twentieth Century Limited debuts and the U.S. tennis team wins the Davis Cup.
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Maj
Walter Reed
James Carroll
U.S. Army
Cuba
Tropics
Nobel Prizes and Pioneers in Wireless History
The Nobel Prize honors those aiding mankind with Alfred Nobel’s bequest. Wilhelm Roentgen wins early for X ray discovery. On December 12 Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans Atlantic wireless signal from St Johns Newfoundland as a Cornwall telegrapher taps S and Marconi hears it. He foresees a future of wireless worldwide communication.
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Alfred Nobel
Wilhelm Roentgen
Germany
Guglielmo Marconi
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Poldhu
Cornwall
Marconi
Atlantic
Carry Nation Critiques Saloons at Texas Campus
Oct 16 Carry Nation fronts a crackdown on alcohol in Austin Texas wrecking saloons and marching to the University of Texas seeking so called drunken law professors. Nov 27 President Roosevelt rejects color or race as disqualifying for public office and defends appointing a black collector at Charleston.
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Carry Nation
Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Roosevelt
Charleston
Hundred-Year Milestones Sparkle Over 1900s News Era
A recap of pivotal events from 1900s headlines including the New York Stock Exchange dedication by J. P. Morgan amid a ticker tape blizzard, the 1902 Kentucky Derby win by Judge Himes, Lenin’s Bolshevik split in London, the Curie Becquerel Nobel in physics, and the Iroquois Theater fire tragedy with nearly 600 dead.
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New York Stock Exchange
Broad and
Wall Streets
J.P. Morgan
Henri Becquerel
Pierre and
Marie Curie
Becquerel
Curies
Battle of Port Arthur Opens Russo-Japanese War
The 1904 attack by Japanese naval forces on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur begins the war. President Roosevelt proclaims U S neutrality on Feb 10 as the conflict escalates with modern weapons and strategic moves. Mary Harris Jones is expelled in March and Cy Young pitches a perfect game for the Boston Pilgrims in May.
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Port Arthur
Manchuria
Japan
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Mary Harris
Jones
Colorado
Denton True
Young
Cy Young
Boston Pilgrims
Philadelphia Athletics
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Queen Victoria
London
Wiggin Emerge
Klee
Picasso
Rough Riders
Henry Sprague
Chicago
Byron Bancroft Johnson
Paris
J.W.B. Tewksbury
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Honus Wagner
New York
J. P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
U.S. Steel Corp
Constance M.K. Applebee
British College of Physical Education
President McKinley
Anarchist
Roo
Bear
Clifford
Berryman
The
Washington Post
Shoot the Bear
Morris Michtom
Brooklyn, N.Y
Ures
Dent
Lue
Norfolk
Leon Czolgosz
Buffalo
N.Y
Booker T. Washington
Memphis
Anna Edson Taylor
Niagara
Sweden
Nobel Committee
Nobel
Library OF Ongress
American Automobile Association
Triple A
Census Bureau
Enrico Caruso
Senate
Spain
Tomas Estrada Palma
Independent Republic of Cuba
Twentieth Century Limited
Britain
Enrica
Judge Himes
Franklin Pierce
Russia
Social Democratic Labor Party
Mensheviks
Bolsheviks
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Iroquois Theater
Eddie Foy
King C. Gillette
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