What Happened on November 22, 1900

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Paul Kruger, exiled President of the Boer Republic of South Africa, is given a popular welcome when he lands at Marseilles, France

3rd President of the South African Republic Paul Kruger

Famous Birthdays

Bennie Borgmann, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward and coach (Kingston Colonials, Original Celtics; coach Syracuse Nationals), born in Haledon, New Jersey (d. 1978)
Hugo Godron, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1971)
Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and writer (The White Lanes of Summer), born in Capel Bangor, Dyfed, Wales (d. 1980)

Born in 1900

Famous Deaths

Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

British composer (The Golden Legend; Onward, Christian Soldiers), major-generally remembered for his comic operas with W.S. Gilbert (The Pirates of Penzance:, H.M.S Pinafore; The Mikado), dies of heart failure at 58