November 12, 1900 (Monday)
- The Exposition Universelle of 1900 closed in Paris. Three cannon shots fired from the Eiffel Tower signalled the end of the world's fair that had started in April.
- The U.S. War Department announced that, effective December 15, the "Department of Porto Rico" would be discontinued, and that Brig. Gen. George W. Davis, the military governor of Puerto Rico, would be transferred to the Philippines in conjunction with the reduction of troops there.
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