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* August 14 - Boxer Rebellion: An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees the Europeans taken hostage.

September 8 - A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000.

September 13 - Philippine-American War: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a larger American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa.

September 17 - Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.

September 25 - In the British general election, the recently-formed Labour Party gains two seats. Winston Churchill is elected to Parliament for the first time.

October is gone...lolz.

# The first automobile show in the United States opens at New York City's Madison Square Garden.

Panama separates from Colombia.

November 6 - U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating Democrat challenger William Jennings Bryan.

December 7 - Max Planck discovers the law of black body emission.