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1900Jan, 7

John Brownlee (baritone)

John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer (d. 1969)
John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee (7 January 1900 – 10 January 1969) was an Australian operatic baritone. For most of his professional career he was based in Europe and then the United States.

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Events on 1900

  • 16Jan

    American Samoa

    The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • 24Mar

    New York City Subway

    Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  • 5Apr

    Linear B

    Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
  • 2Jul

    Lake Constance

    The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • 14Jul

    Boxer Rebellion

    Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.