Top News Stories from 1900

World Events

• Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams.
• In China, the anti-foreigner Boxers occupy Beijing. International force ends both the siege and the Boxer Rebellion.
• Fauvist movement in painting begins, led by Henri Matisse.

U.S. Events

• Hurricane ravages Galveston, Tex.; 6,000 – 8,000 dead. Background: U.S. Hurricanes
• Carrie Chapman Catt succeeds Susan B. Anthony as president of National Woman Suffrage Association.

Economics

Sports

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Football Champions

Entertainment

Events

• Floradora opens at Broadway's Casino Theatre. It introduces the Floradora sextet, a predecessor to the chorus line.

Science

• German physicist Max Planck formulates an energy theory, postulating the existence of "quanta," which lays the groundwork for the quantum theory of modern physics.

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