* Gene Austin ( 1900 – 1972 ), American singer

* 1900 – Leo Robin, American songwriter and composer ( d. 1984 )

* 1900 – Philippine – American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U. S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.

* 1900 – Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.

* 1900 – David Manners, Canadian-American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( d. 1900 )

* 1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist ( d. 2003 )

* 1820 – George Grove, English historian ( d. 1900 )

* 1867 – Ernest Dowson, English poet ( d. 1900 )

* 1984 – Elizabeth Goudge, English writer ( b. 1900 )

* 1900 – Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player ( d. 1965 )

* 1900 – The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.

* 1900 – Ernie Pyle, American journalist ( d. 1945 )

* 1900 – John T. Scopes, American teacher ( d. 1970 )

* 1900 – The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

* 1900 – Estelle Brody, American actress ( d. 1995 )

* 1900 – The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British.

* 1900 – Olga Baclanova, Russian actress ( d. 1974 )

* 1900 – Colleen Moore, American actress ( d. 1988 )

* 1900 – Gontran de Poncins, French writer and adventurer ( d. 1962 )

* 1900 – Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher ( d. 1976 )

* 1840 – Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch missionary and bishop ( d. 1900 )

* 1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1981 )

* 1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

In 1898, Palmyra was annexed to the United States along with the overall annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, and on June 14, 1900, Palmyra became part of the new Territory of Hawaii.

Among the most famous and influential pineapple industrialists was James Dole who moved to Hawaii in 1899 and started a pineapple plantation in 1900.

The 1900 election was mostly a repeat of 1896 except for imperialism being added as a new issue ( Hawaii had been annexed in 1898 ).

In addition to building a US collection that won the gold medal at the Paris exhibition of 1900, Luff also collected Great Britain, Shanghai, Hawaii, Japan, and China.

From 1900 until 1947, GMT − 10: 30 was used as standard time in Hawaii.

* The Hawaiian Organic Act, enacted in 1900, established a government for the Territory of Hawaii.

* Riches and marvels of Hawaii: A charming description of her unique history, strange people, exquisite climate, wondrous volcanoes, luxurious productions, beautiful cities, corrupt monarchy, revolution, provisional government and annexation, John Leavitt Stevens, Edgewood Publishing Co., 1900

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, formerly known as the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, was founded in 1900.

* James Campbell ( industrialist ) ( 1826 – 1900 ), Hawaii industrialist

Ceded land was identified as such in the constitution of the Republic of Hawaii, Hawaiian Organic Act of 1900 and the Hawaii Statehood Admission Act of 1959.

McCandless entered political life as a member of the Republic of Hawaii House of Representatives from the 5th district from 1898 to 1900.

Liang Qichao (, Leung Chi-tso ( used in Hawaii in 1900 ), styled Zhuoru, ; Pseudonym: Rengong, ; February 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929 ) was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher, and reformist during the late Qing Dynasty and early Chinese Republic who inspired Chinese scholars with his writings and reform movements.

The President of Hawaii was the Republic of Hawaii's Head of State during its six-year existence ( 1894 to 1900 ).

When the Territory of Hawaii was formed in 1900, jurisdiction was placed in the Ninth Circuit.

January 2008 — An Alpine Air Raytheon Beech 1900 crashed into the Pacific Ocean on a cargo flight between Honolulu Intl Airport and Lihue Intl in Hawaii.

In 1900, there was an influx of over 12, 000 Japanese immigrants to the U. S. mainland, many just released from indentured labor with Hawaii ’ s 1898 annexation.

" By contrast, the Organic Act of 1900, which granted territorial status to Hawaii, provided citizenship to " all persons who were citizens of the Republic of Hawaii " in 1898.

The churches are in full communion with one another and act together in many ways ; missionary jurisdictions and dioceses are mapped out by common arrangement and even transferred if it seems advisable ; e. g., the Diocese of Honolulu ( Hawaii ), previously under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, was transferred in 1900 to the Episcopal Church in the United States of America on account of political changes.

Imperialism won out, as the election of 1900 ratified McKinley's policies and the U. S. possession of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and ( temporarily ) Cuba.

On June 2, 1900 he was appointed the first US Federal District Court judge for the Territory of Hawaii.

45 The ukulele and steel guitar were introduced to this country by the Hawaiian string bands that toured the country after Hawaii became a U. S. territory in 1900.