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August 1900
The following events occurred in August 1900:
==August 1, 1900 (Wednesday)==
*Hugh Marshall Hole, colonial administrator of Matabeleland and Bulawayo in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) solved the problem of a shortage of coins and bills by issuing his own money, now known by collectors as "Marshall Hole Currency".
*''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', by L. Frank Baum, was published for national distribution.〔''The Wizard of Oz: Celebrating the Hundredth Anniversary'' (Macmillan, 2000), p219〕
*Race rioting broke out in the predominantly African-American town of Keystone, West Virginia, after a white policeman shot a black arrest subject who lunged at him with a knife. An angry crowd threatened to lynch policeman Harry Messer, who was then taken into the custody of the McDowell County sheriff.〔"Race War in West Virginia", ''New York Times'', August 3, 1900, p1〕
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