September 1900 - September 26, 1900 (Wednesday)

September 26, 1900 (Wednesday)

  • The Russian battleship Potemkin, scene of a history-making mutiny in 1905, and subject of a classic film by Sergei Eisenstein, was launched from the Nikolayev shipyard.
  • Japan's Prime Minister Yamagata Aritomo resigned after the formation of the new Seiyukai Party. He would be replaced by Hirobumi Itō on October 19.
  • The French occultist "Papus" (Gérard Encausse) demonstrated the Archeometer, invented by Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, at the International Spiritist and Spiritualist Conference.
  • Tunnel through the Cascade Mountains in Oregon completed after three years and five million dollars.

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