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April 23, 1900: King Chulalongkorn frees the serfs of Thailand
April 30, 1900: "Casey" Jones wrecks train, becomes immortalized in song
April 3, 1900: Admiral Dewey runs for president, says he is convinced that the job "is not a very difficult one"
April 11, 1900: U.S. Navy acquires its first submarine, USS Holland

The following events occurred in April 1900:

April 1, 1900 (Sunday)

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April 2, 1900 (Monday)

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April 3, 1900 (Tuesday)

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April 4, 1900 (Wednesday)

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April 5, 1900 (Thursday)

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A mercury-vapor lamp
Sapho

April 6, 1900 (Friday)

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April 7, 1900 (Saturday)

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April 8, 1900 (Sunday)

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  • In the first major event associated with the introduction of Buddhism to the United States, The Buddha's birthday was celebrated in an elaborate ceremony in San Francisco. The Buddhist mission had begun its outreach to European-Americans in weekly lectures beginning on January 4.[24]

April 9, 1900 (Monday)

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April 10, 1900 (Tuesday)

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April 11, 1900 (Wednesday)

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  • King Leopold of Belgium, by declaration made on April 9, turned over to the nation all of his properties "which contribute to the charms and beauty of the localities in which they are situated" on condition that they be preserved as park land, creating the Royal Trust of Belgium. More were turned over in 15 November 1900.[15]
  • The United States Navy purchased its first submarine, the USS Holland, for $150,000.[29] Commissioned on October 12, the sub was 50 feet (15 m) long, held a crew of six, and ran on electric batteries when submerged.[30]

April 12, 1900 (Thursday)

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April 13, 1900 (Friday)

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  • For the fourth time since 1893, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution to provide that U.S. senators be elected by popular vote rather than by the individual state legislatures, by a margin of 242–15. As with the previous resolutions, the measure failed in the Senate. It was not until 1913 that the law changed, by the amendment of the United States Constitution.[31]
  • At Knossos, workmen first excavated the royal palace of Minos.[32]

April 14, 1900 (Saturday)

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April 15, 1900 (Sunday)

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Ancient computer?

April 16, 1900 (Monday)

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April 17, 1900 (Tuesday)

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April 18, 1900 (Wednesday)

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  • In British India, the organization Nagari Pracharini Sabha succeeded in its mission to promote the official recognition of the Devanagari script in official documents. Sir Antony Macdonald, Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh issued an executive order providing that the Devanagari and Persian scripts be used for government documents, summons and notices.[42]
  • In American law as of October 31, 1988, "the term 'Native American Samoan' means a person who is a citizen or national of the United States and who is a lineal descendant of an inhabitant of the Samoan Islands on April 18, 1900. For purposes of this section, Swains Island shall be considered part of the Samoan Islands."[43]

April 19, 1900 (Thursday)

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  • In China, the Empress Dowager Cixi issued an imperial edict to all Chinese viceroys and governors, directing them to in turn issue warnings to the Boxers and other armed groups to refrain from "hostile and lawless acts toward native Christians", subject to severe punishment. However, the Empress issued another edict prohibiting soldiers from firing on Boxers.[44]
  • The first anti-Japanese meeting was held in the United States, taking place in Seattle.[45]
  • The 1900 National League baseball season opened, with all eight teams playing.[46] For the first time, home plate was a five-sided base, pointing toward the pitcher's mound.[47]

April 20, 1900 (Friday)

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April 21, 1900 (Saturday)

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April 22, 1900 (Sunday)

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April 23, 1900 (Monday)

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  • King Chulalongkorn of Siam (now Thailand) decreed an end to the phrai system, a form of serfdom in rural provinces.[53]
  • The United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections unanimously approved a report to the Senate recommending that the election of Senator William A. Clark of Montana be declared null and void.[54] Clark would resign on May 11, bringing an end to debate in the Senate.[55]
  • According to one source, the word "hillbilly" was introduced on this date, appearing in the New York Journal.[56]
  • The town of Pánuco, Veracruz in Mexico was destroyed by fire, leaving more than 2,000 homeless.[57]

April 24, 1900 (Tuesday)

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April 25, 1900 (Wednesday)

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April 26, 1900 (Thursday)

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  • The city of Hull, Quebec, and the western side of Ottawa, were destroyed by a kitchen fire that broke out in a Bank Street restaurant during the morning and by 11:30, and swept north towards Hull's Main Street and through the lumber mills. By 1:00 in the afternoon, the flames spread over the Ottawa River to the Chaudiere Flats section of the Canadian capital. The property loss was estimated at $15,000,000 (c. $300 million in 2008 monies) and twelve thousand people were left homeless, though only seven people were killed.[63]
  • Guglielmo Marconi was awarded British patent No. 7,777 for wireless radio.
  • President Manuel Antonio Sanclemente of Colombia extended the deadline for completion of the Panama Canal from October 31, 1904, to October 31, 1910.[64] The executive decree was granted without consent of the Colombian Congress.[65]
  • Born:

April 27, 1900 (Friday)

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April 28, 1900 (Saturday)

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  • The wife of Major General James H. Wilson, Military Governor of the Matanzas-Santa Clara Department of Cuba, was killed in a freak accident in Havana. Mrs. Wilson alighted from a carriage and stepped on a match that had been burning in the street, and her dress caught fire. She died shortly thereafter of her burns.[68]
  • Alfred M. Jones, a noted 70-year-old engraver who had attained worldwide fame, was killed when a cab struck him on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Jones was walking to a dinner engagement at the Century Club at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. He died at the New York Hospital of a fractured skull.[69]
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April 29, 1900 (Sunday)

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April 30, 1900 (Monday)

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  • "On April 30, 1900, that rainy morn, Down in Mississippi near the town of Vaughn, Sped the Cannonball Special only two minutes late, Traveling" 70 miles (110 km) "an hour when they saw a freight."[72] Songwriter Wallace Saunders would immortalize "a relatively minor disaster on the Illinois Central"[73] in "The Ballad of Casey Jones". John Luther "Casey" Jones, driving a passenger train from Memphis, Tennessee, to Canton, Mississippi, was speeding when he encountered two stalled freight trains on the main track at Vaughan, Mississippi. Although he was unable to avoid a collision, Jones slowed the train sufficiently that he was the only fatality of the accident, which happened at 3:42 a.m.[74]
  • At 12:40 in the afternoon,[75] U.S. President William McKinley signed into law "An act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii". All persons who had been citizens of Hawaii as of April 12, 1898, were declared to be citizens of the United States. By its terms, the law was to take effect on June 14, 1900.[76]

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