[caption id=“attachment_152” align=“alignright” width=“426”] Zeppelin from the year 1936[/caption] In the year 1900, the first electric bus becomes operational in New York City (Jan 2), Dwight F Davis creates the Davis Cup tennis tournament (Feb 9), Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country (Feb 14), the British Labour Party is formed (Feb 27), the Paris World Exhibition opens (Apr 14), Hawaii becomes an official U.S. territory (Apr 30), Finlandia is first performed in Helsinki and **the first zeppelin flight occurs **in Germany (Jul 2), the first line of the Paris Metro is inaugurated (Jul 19), Winston Churchill is elected to Parliament for the first time (Sep 25), Max Planck discovers the law of black body emission (Dec 7) - and all these fine people were born:

1900-xxxx Sebastián Padrón Acosta* priest/writer/historian - Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (1953/53) 1900-0101 Mieczyslaw Batsch* football player - Lemberg, Poland (1977/77) 1900-0101 Paola Borboni* actress - Parma, Kingdom of Italy (1995/95) 1900-0101 Chiune Sugihara* 杉原 千畝 diplomat/saved Jewish WWII refugees - Kozuchi Town, Empire of Japan (1986/86) 1900-0102 William Haines* actor/ interior designer - Staunton, VA USA (1973/73) 1900-0102 Mansaku Itami* 伊丹万作 film director/screenwriter  - Matsuyama, Ehime, Empire of Japan (1946/46) 1900-0102 Ada Svedin* actress - Berlin, German Empire (1975/75) 1900-0104 James Bond* ornithologist - Philadelphia, PA USA (1989/89) 1900-0107 Arvo Haavisto* wrestler/ OG - Ilmajoki, GD of Finland (1977/77) 1900-0109 Richard Halliburton* travel writer - Brownsville, TN USA (1939/39) 1900-0109 August Fredrik Kivi** (b Stenvall) married to Elsa Maria Aspinen - Tuusula, GD of Finland (1954/54) 1900-0110 Jean Gehret* actor/ film director - Geneva, Switzerland (1956/56) 1900-0111 Lloyd French* short film director - San Francisco, CA USA (1950/50) 1900-0113 Shimizugawa Motokichi* 清水川 元吉 sumo wrestler - Goshogawara, Aomori, Empire of Japan (1967/67) 1900-0116 Edith Frank* (b Holländer) mother of Anne Frank - Aachen, Prussia, German Empire (1945/44) 1900-0118 Wan Laiming* Chinese animator - Nanjing, Qing dynasty (1997/97) 1900-0124 Theodosius Dobzhansky* Ukrainian-American geneticist/evolutionary biologist - Nemirov, Russian Empire (1975/75) 1900-0131 Betty Parsons* artist/ art collector and dealer - New York City, NY USA (1982/82) 1900-0203 Anni Frind* opera singer - Nixdorf, German Empire (1987/87) 1900-0205 Adlai Stevenson* politician - Los Angeles, CA USA (1965/65) 1900-0211 Ellen Broe* pioneering nurse - Horsens, Denmark (1994/94) 1900-0215 Bruce Randolph* barbecue restaurant owner/ philanthropist - Pastoria, AR USA (1994/94) The Epworth Foundation 1900-0221 Jeanne Aubert* actress/ singer - Paris, France (1988/88) 1900-0222 Luis Buñuel* film director - Calanda, Aragón Spain (1983/83) 1900-0225 Richard Hollingshead* the inventor of the drive-in theater - Riverton, NJ USA (1975/75) 1900-0301 Ernst Alm* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Hemmingen, Sweden (1980/80) 1900-0302 Kurt Weill* German-American composer - Dessau, Saxony, German Empire (1950/50) 1900-0304 Herbert Biberman* screenwriter/film director - Philadelphia, PA USA (1971/71) 1900-0308 Howard H. Aiken* physicist/ pioneer in computing - Hoboken, NJ USA (1973/73) 1900-0310 Olive Ann Alcorn* dancer/ model/actress - Stillwater, MN USA (1975/74) 1900-0310 Violet Brown* supercentenarian - Trelawny, British Jamaica (2017/117) 1900-0311 Hanna Bergas* teacher/ helped rescue Jewish children during WWII - Berlin, German Empire (1987/86) 1900-0312 Sylvi Kekkonen* writer/the longest-serving First Lady of Finland - Pieksämäki, GD of Finland (1974/74) 1900-0313 Sālote Tupou III* (b Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu) Queen of Tonga - Royal Palace, Tonga (1965/65) 1900-0314 Peter Bang* engineer/co-founder of Bang & Olufsen - Frederiksberg, Denmark (1957/57) 1900-0316 Mencha Karnicheva* Bulgarophile Aromanian revolutionary/political assassin - Kruševo, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire (1964/64) 1900-0320 Amelia Chopitea Villa* Bolivia’s first female physician/writer - Colquechaca, Potosí, Bolivia (1942/42) 1900-0323 Erich Fromm* psychologist - Frankfurt-am-Main, German Empire (1980/79) 1900-0326 Angela Maria Autsch* nun/ helped Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz - Attendorn, German Empire (1944/44) 1900-0326 Grace Wyndham Goldie* (b Nisbet) pioneering radio and television producer - Arisaid, Lochaber, Scotland (1986/86) 1900-0329 Oscar Elton Sette* fisheries scientist - Clyman, WI USA (1972/72) 1900-0331 1900-0401 Stefanie Clausen* athlete (diver/OG) - Copenhagen, Denmark  (1981/81) 1900-0405 Spencer Tracy* actor - Milwaukee, WI USA (1967/67) 1900-0408 Marie Byles* conservationist/solicitor/pacifist/to Australia at 11 - Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, England (1970/79) 1900-0410 Arnold Beckman* chemist/ inventor/philanthropist - Cullom, IL USA (2004/104) 1900-0413 Sorcha Boru* (b Claire Jones) potter/ceramic sculptor - San Francisco, CA USA (2006/105) 1900-0424 Elizabeth Goudge* writer of fiction and children’s books - Wells, Somerset, England (1984/83) 1900-0425 Wolfgang Pauli* theoretical physicist/N - Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1958/58) 1900-0426 Charles Francis Richter* seismologist/inventor - Overbeck, OH USA (1985/85) 1900-0430 David Manners* actor - Halifax, NS Canada(1998/98) 1900-0501 Ignazio Silone* (b Secondino Tranquilli ) novelist/ political leader - Pescina dei Marsi, Kingdom of Italy (1978/78) 1900-0505 Helen Redfield* geneticist - Archbold, OH USA (1988/c.88) 1900-0505 Harold Tamblyn-Watts* wildlife and comic strip artist - Settle, Yorkshire, England (1999/99)/O 1900-0507 Elsa Maria Kivi** (b Aspinen) - Viborg, Karelia, GD of Finland (1966/66) 1900-0510 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin* astronomer/ astrophysicist - Wendower, Buckinghamshire, England (1979/79) 1900-0515 Ida Rhodes* (b Itzkowitz) Ukrainian-American mathematician/ pioneering computer expert/to U.S. at 13 - Ukraine, Russian Empire (1986/85) 1900-0517 Rudollah Khomeini* religious leader - Khomein, Persia (1989/89) 1900-0520 Erika Cremer* physical chemist/pioneer in gas chromatography - Munich, Germany (1996/96) 1900-0520 Ragnar Ypyä* architect - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1980/80) 1900-0525 1900-0531 Lucile Godbold* athlete - Marion County, SC USA (1981/80) 1900-0601 1900-0603 Adelaide Ames* astronomer - USA (1932/32) 1900-0606 Arthur Askey* stand-up comedian/actor - Dingle, Liverpool, England (1982/82) 1900-0608 Lena Baker* maid/ wrongfully convicted of murder - Cuthbert, GA USA (1945/44) 1900-0610 1900-0611 Elli Ylimaa* (b Linnanheimo) actress/sister of Regina Linnanheimo - Turku, GD of Finland (1982/81) 1900-0617 Martin Bormann* Nazi official - Wegeleben, Prussia, German Empire (1945/44) 1900-0617 Evelyn Irons* journalist/ war correspondent - Glasgow, Scotland (2000/99) 1900-0620 1900-0625 Lord Mountbatten* naval officer/statesman - Windsor, Berkshire, England (1979/79) 1900-0629 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry* author/aviator - Lyon, France (1944/44) 1900-0630 Alf Ihlen* Norwegian industrialist- Skedsmo, Sweden-Norway (2006/105) 1900-0702 Sophie Harris* theatre and opera costume and scenic designer - Hayes, Kent, England (1966/65) 1900-0704 Belinda Dann* (b Quinlyn Warrakoo) one of the Stolen Generation of indigenous Australians/reunited with family aged 107 - Lunlungai community, Derby, WA Australia (2007/107) 1900-0713 Cornelius Keefe* actor - Boston, MA USA (1972/72) 1900-0721 Sue Wah Chin* Chinese-Australian entrepreneur/to Australia at age 28 - Guangdong Province, China (2000/99) 1900-0722 Irene Guest* swimmer/OS - Philadelphia, PA USA (1970/69) 1900-0723 John Babcock* the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War - Holleford, ON Canada (2010/109) 1900-0724 Zelda Fitzgerald* (b Sayre) novelist/painter/ wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald - Montgomery, AL USA (1948/47) 1900-0729 Mary V. Austin* (b Hall-Thompson) Australian community worker/political activist - Australia (1986/86) 1900-0729 Eyvind Johnson* novelist/short story writer/N - Björkelund, Sweden (1976/76) 1900-0801 1900-0803 Ernie Pyle* journalist/ war correspondent - Dana, IN USA (1945/44) 1900-0804 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother* mother of Queen Elizabeth II - London, England (2002/101) 1900-0804 Nabi Tajima* 田島 ナビ supercentenarian - Wan Village, Kagoshima, Japan (2018/117) 1900-0808 Alexis Minotis* Greek actor/director - Chania, Cretan State (1990/90) 1900-0816 Ida Browne* geologist/ petrologist/palaeontologist - Sydney, NSW Australia (1976/76) 1900-0823 Frances Adaskin* (b Marr) pianist - Ridgetown, ON Canada (2001/100) 1900-0824 Preston Foster* actor/vocalist - Ocean City, NJ USA (1970/69) 1900-0825 Hans Krebs* German-British biologist/physician/biochemist/N - Hildesheim, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (1981/81) 1900-0826 Margaret Utinsky* nurse/ Medal of Freedom recipient - St. Louis, MO USA (1970/70) 1900-0831 1900-0901 1900-0903 Urho Kaleva Kekkonen* politician/8thP - Pielavesi, GD of Finland (1986/85) 1900-0905 Grace Eldering* public health scientist/involvedment in the creation of a vaccine for whooping cough - Rancher, MT USA (1988/87) 1900-0917 Lena Frances Edwards* New Jersey physician who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom - Washington, D.C. USA (1986/86) 1900-0920 Uuno Klami* composer - Virolahti, GD of Finland (1961/60) 1900-0926 Suzanne Belperron* jewellery designer - Saint-Claude, France (1983/82) 1900-1005 Bing Xin* Chinese author/poet/writer of children’s books - Fuzhou, Fujian, Qing Empire (1999/98) 1900-1007 Heinrich Himmler* Nazi official - Munich, Bavaria, German Empire (1945/44) 1900-1010 Helen Hayes* actress - Washington D.C. USA (1993/92) 1900-1014 Roland Penrose* artist/ historian/husband of Lee Miller - London, England (1984/83) 1900-1020 1900-1022 Ashfaqulla Khan* Indian independence activist - Shahjahanpur, United Provinces, British India - (1927/27) 1900-1030 Ragnar Granit* Finnish-Swedish physician/N - Riihimäki, GD of Finland, Russian Empire (1991/90) 1900-1031 Asbjørg Borgfelt* Norwegian scupltor - Kristiania, Sweden-Norway (1976/75) 1900-1102 Carola Neher* actress/ singer - Munich, Bavaria, German Empire (1942/41) 1900-1103 Adolf Dassler* founder of Adidas - Herzogenaurach, German Empire (1979/77) 1900-1104 Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu* lawyer/ sociologist/politician - Bacău, Kingdom of Romania (1954/53) 1900-1105 1900-1108 Margaret Mitchell* author (Gone with the Wind) - Atlanta, GA USA (1949/48) 1900-1110 Rudolf Vogel* actor - Planegg, Bavaria (1967/66) 1900-1114 Aaron Copland* composer/writer/conductor - Brooklyn, NY USA (1990/90) 1900-1126 Anna Maurizio*  Swiss biologist who studied bees - Zurich, Switzerland (1993/92) 1900-1129 Håkan Malmrot* swimmer/OG - Karlskrona, Sweden (1987/86) 1900-1130 Luigi Stipa* engineer/ aircraft designer - Appignano del Tronto, Kingdom of Italy (1992/91) 1900-1201 1900-1202 Herta Hammerbacher* German landscape architect - Nuremberg (1985/84) 1900-1206 Agnes Moorehead* actress - Clinton, MA USA (1974/73) 1900-1207 Kateryna Bilokur* folk artist - Bohdanivka, Poltava Governorate, Ukraine, Russian Empire (1961/60) 1900-1210 1900-1212 Sammy Davis Sr.* dancer/ father of Sammy Davis Jr. - Wilmington, NC USA (1988/87) 1900-1215 Raul Hellberg* cyclist/ entrepreneur - Porvoo, GD of Finland (1985/84) 1900-1217 Mary Cartwright* mathematician/chaos theorist - Aynho, Northamptonshire, England (1998/97) 1900-1220 1900-1223 Marie Bell* (b Bellon-Downey) tragedian/ comic actor/stage director - Bègles, France (1985/84) 1900-1224 Hawayo Takata* 高田ハワヨ Japanese-American Reiki master and teacher - Hanamaulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA (1980/79) 1900-1226 Evelyn Bark* leading member of the British Red Cross - England (1993/92) 1900-1231 1900-0 1900-0 1900-0 Updated 2025-0505 Helsinki Search for another year here