Years 1900 to 1909

20/01/1900	John Ruskin, painter and social reformer, died at Coniston in the Lake District.
16/03/1900	Sir Arthur Evans uncovered the ancient city of Knossos, Crete.
14/061900	Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
02/07/1900	Second Olympic Games opened in Paris. American athlete was the most successful, winning four gold medals in 3 days.
19/07/1900	The first line of the Paris Metro opens for operation.
31/08/1900	Coca-Cola first went on sale in Britain.
30/11/1900	Oscar Wilde, Irish-born playwright. died in Paris aged 46.
01/02/1901	Clark Gable, film star was born in Ohio, USA. On studio turned him down for having ‘big ears and the looks of an ape. Went on to become a famous film star of his era.
1901	Colonel Locke wrote his “Reminiscences of Redcar”.
1901	Census Redcar 3,205. Coatham 4,490. Total 7,695 people.
09/05/1901	Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
04/08/1901	The birth of jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong.
04/12/1901	American animator and film-maker Walt Disney was born. He won 22 Oscars and introduced Mickey Mouse to the world.
1902	Redcar Golf Club formed ladies section.
14/07/1902	The Campanile of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice collapsed during a safety inspection.
03/05/1903	Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington, as Harry Lillis Crosby.
01/07/1903	Start of the first Tour de France bicycle race.
23/07/1903	The Ford Motor Company sold its first car.
02/11/1903	Daily Mirror newspaper publish for the first time in Britain. It was originally devised as a newspaper for women.
1903	First public conveniences built in town.
17/02/1904	Madam Butterfly receives its premiere at La Scala in Milan.
04/05/1904	Charles Rolls and Henry Royce signed a provisional agreement to produce Rolls Royce cars.
15/05/1904	America held the Olympic Games for the first time, with St. Louis playing host.
27/10/1904	The New York subway opened.
26/01/1905	The world’s largest diamond was found at the Premier Mines in Pretoria, South Africa. The Cullinan Diamond weighed more than 1.25lb.
1905	‘Titty Bottle’ Park formed, and flower beds all shaped like the suits in a pack of cards.
18/09/1905	The birth of enigmatic Swedish actress, Greta Garbo.
1905	Bandstand built costing £400. The shelters were to be built later costing £1,000.
1905	‘Titty Bottle Park’ formed, and flower beds all shaped like the suits in a pack of cards.
13/10/1905	legendary English actor Sir Henry Irving died in Bradford, during his farewell tour.
23/12/1905	The Aldwych Theatre in London opened.
24/12/1905	American tycoon , Hollywood filmmaker and recluse Howard Hughes was born
1906	Railway footbridge built from Scott Street to France Street.
26/05/1906	Vauxhall Bridge opened in London
22/06/1906	The flag of Sweden is adopted.
02/09/1906	Ronalkd Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South Pole, completed his sailing round Canada’s Northwest Passage.
03/10/1906	SOS became the international distress signal.
1907	In February 1907 a Fisherman’s Disaster Fund was set up in Redcar.
1907	National Provincial Bank of England (NPBE) opened.
1907	Redcar Pier Company built pavilion as a Concert and Dance Hall.
1907	Lifeboats – ‘Fifi and Charles’ into service saving 41 lives.
1907	Zetland Lifeboat taken from Marske storage, and housed in the old boathouse built for the Free Garners ‘Emma’
01/06/1907	The birth of Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine.
06/06/1907	Persil – the world’s first household detergent was launched.
10/12/1907	Jungle Book writer Rudyard Kipling won the Nobel Prize for literature.
05/04/1908	American actress Bette Davis was born in Massachusetts.
07/05/1908	British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith introduced old age pensions for people over 70.
26/07/1908	The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was established in Washington, DC.
15/08/1908	Winston Churchill announced his engagement to Clementine Hozier. Married in January 1909, and lived together for 56 years.
16/09/1908	The General Motors Corporation is founded.
1908	New Police Station building Lord Street. Cost £7,000.
01/10/1908	The first Model T car was introduced by Henry Ford, built in Detroit, USA. 15 million built between 1908 and 1927.
08/10/1908	‘Wind in the Willows’, written by Kenneth Grahame, was published.
1909	05/02/1909. One of the fatal dates of Redcar’s history when 6 fishermen died caught in gale force conditions and treacherous seas. Whilst rescues were made six fishermen died.
1909	Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend- Estimated that 6,000 residential visitors. 27,000 day visitors, 2,000 weekend visitors came to Redcar.
1909	Miss Emily Pankhurst, a suffragette, addressed a campaign meeting on the beach.
1909	Redcar & Coatham Literary Institute in High Street erected in 1909, for concerts etc. Built of corrugated iron, and seated 350 people.
1907	National Provincial Bank of England (NPBE) opened.
07/11/1908	British physicist Ernest Rutherford made public that he had detected a single atom. Died 1937 with his ashes buried in Westminster Abbey.
28/12/1908	A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, in Sicily, Italy, killing over 75,000 people.
17/02/1909	Geronimo, the great Apache leader, died. His real name was Goyathlay, which means “0ne who yawns.”
15/03/1909	Harry Gordon Selfridge opened new London store in Oxford Street
18/05/1909	Fred Perry, three times Wimbledon men’s single champion, was born.
19/08/1909	The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway took place.
05/11/1909	Woolworths opened its first store in Liverpool. Founder Frank Winfield Woolworth proudly boasted that nothing in the store was over 6d.
1909	Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend- Estimated that 6,000 residential visitors. 27,000 day visitors, 2,000 weekend visitors came to Redcar.
1909	Miss Emily Pankhurst, a suffragette, addressed a campaign meeting on the beach.
1909	Redcar & Coatham Literary Institute in High Street erected in 1909, for concerts etc. Built of corrugated iron, and seated 350 people.
22/11/1913	Composer Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft.

Chris Hansom February 1, 2013 1900-1909