Explore 705 historical events from 1900–1909.
The Colony of New Zealand was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1907. British authority was vested in a governor. The colony had three successive capitals: Okiato in 1841…
The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands
The College Board, styled as CollegeBoard, is an American not-for-profit organization. It was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to expand acc…
The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT
Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford was a British ecological geneticist. He was a leader among those British biologists who investigated the role of natural selection in nature. As a school…
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Sterling Allen Brown was an American professor, folklorist, poet, and literary critic. He chiefly studied black culture of the southern United States and was a professor at Howard …
Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (died 1989)
Antal Szerb was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the most important Hungarian writers of the 20th century.
Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (died 1945)
Johannes Aadolfinpoika Mustonen was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland an…
Janne Mustonen, Finnish politician (died 1964)
Gary Cooper was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three no…
Gary Cooper, American actor (died 1961)
Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes was an American baseball center fielder. He played 18 years in the Negro leagues, including nine years with the Detroit Stars (1923–1931), six years…
Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (died 1979)
Rose Ausländer was a Jewish poet writing in German and English. Born in Czernowitz in the Bukovina, she lived through its tumultuous history of belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Em…
Rose Ausländer, poet and author (died 1988)
Gladys Rockmore Davis was an American artist who worked in both commercial and fine arts. She gave up a career in advertising art to work in creative painting. Her work in pastels …
Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (died 1967)
John Desmond Bernal was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Ber…
John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (died 1971)
Robert Ritter was a German racial scientist doctor of psychology and medicine, with a background in child psychiatry and the biology of criminality. In 1936, Ritter was appointed h…
Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (died 1951)
Xavier Herbert was an Australian writer best known for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Poor Fellow My Country (1975). He was considered one of the elder statesmen of Austral…
Xavier Herbert, Australian author (died 1984)
Luis Felipe Monti was an Italian Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder and an Olympian. Monti has the distinction of having played in two FIFA World Cup final matches wit…
Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1983)
Werner Egk, born Werner Joseph Mayer, was a German composer.
Werner Egk, German pianist and composer (died 1983)
Henri-Pierre Sauguet-Poupard was a French composer.
Henri Sauguet, French composer (died 1989)
Vincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist. He was recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the…
Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
Machgielis "Max" Euwe was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 un…
Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (died 1981)
Doris Fleeson was an American journalist and columnist and was the first woman in the United States to have a nationally syndicated political column.
Doris Fleeson, American journalist (died 1970)
Regina M. Anderson was an American playwright and librarian. Influenced by Ida B. Wells and the lack of Black history teachings in school, Anderson became a key member of the Harle…
Regina M
Horace Heidt was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, toured vaudeville and performed on radi…
Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host (died 1986)
Sam Jaffe was, at different points in his career in the motion picture industry, an agent, a producer, and a studio executive.
Sam Jaffe, American film producer and agent (died 2000)
Baroness Suzanne Lilar was a Flemish Belgian essayist, novelist, and playwright writing in French. She was the wife of the Belgian Minister of Justice Albert Lilar and mother of th…
Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright (died 1992)
Maurice Joseph Tobin was an American politician serving as 46th Mayor of Boston, the 56th Governor of Massachusetts and 6th United States Secretary of Labor. He was a member of the…
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