November 1900 - November 25, 1900 (Sunday)

November 25, 1900 (Sunday)

  • Cumann na nGaedheal (literally, "League of the Gaels"), a political party founded by Arthur Griffith to further the cause of Ireland's independence from Great Britain, held its first convention.
  • Born: Rudolf Höß, German Nazi official and commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp; in Baden-Baden (executed 1947); Helen Gahagan Douglas, Actress and U.S. Representative (California 1945–1951); (d. 1980); and Arthur Schwartz, American composer (d.1984)

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