* 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 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.

* 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 )

* 1838 – Cushman Davis, American politician ( d. 1900 )

The Davis Cup, an annual competition between men's national teams, dates to 1900.

* May 21 – Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer ( b. 1900 )

Davis College was founded in 1900 under the leadership of John Adelbert Davis.

Three Davis brothers took turns as postmaster: Merton A., from 1894 until 1900 ; Montell, 1900 until 1911, and Everett C., 1911-1916.

When competition began in 1900, the Davis Cup competition was played as a challenge cup.

Cushman Kellogg Davis ( June 16, 1838November 27, 1900 ) was an American politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota from January 7, 1874 to January 7, 1876 and as a U. S. Senator in the 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th United States Congresses, from March 4, 1887 until his death.

In 1900, he entered the special election for Minnesota's seat in the United States Senate that was made vacant by the death of Cushman Davis.

* About 1900: The Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus was designed in Britain for escape from sunken submarines.

On Dec. 14, 1900, the U. S. Standard Voting Machine Company was formed, with Alfred Gillespie as one of its directors, to combine the companies that held the Myers, Davis, and Gillespie patents.

The suspension system gave the 4200 pound ( 1900 kg ) car the benefits of a both a smooth ride and handling that allowed it, in the words of automotive journalist David E. Davis, to be " tossed about like a Mini.

* His father, Sammy Davis, Sr. ( 1900 – 1988 ), American dancer

* Sammy Davis ( footballer ) ( 1900 – 1988 ), British footballer ( soccer player )

* Malcolm Whitman ( 1895 ) – tennis star, U. S. open champion in 1898, 1899, and 1900, member of original Davis Cup team and of Tennis Hall of Fame

Samuel George " Sammy " Davis, Sr. ( December 12, 1900 – May 21, 1988 ) was an American dancer and the father of Sammy Davis, Jr ..

* Davis Dyer ; < u > TRW: Pioneering Technology and Innovation since 1900 </ u >; 1998, Harvard Business School Press ( ISBN 0-87584-606-8 ).

* September 1900: Robert Davis married Margaret Tyrrell.

Andrew Jackson Davis, about 1900

In 1900, Davis developed the structure for, and donated a silver bowl to go to the winner of, a new international tennis competition designed by him and three others known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which was later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor.

Cushman K. Davis ( R ), until November 7, 1900 ( died )