About the day » Tuesday October 23, 1906Calender converter

• Abraham Breeman, Heenvliet
• Anna Margaretha de Bruijn, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1907)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Leijten, Etten-Leur (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1995)
• Anna Maria de Goeij, Hagestein
• Adrianus Jacobus Luijten, Princenhage (Nl)
• Albert van der Sluis, Amsterdam
• Anna Maria de Goeij, Hagestein († 1978)
• Albert Berends († 1983)
• * Marcelle Favriou, Alfortville († 1994)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Bottema

• Leentje Abee (2), Borgercompagnie
• Adriaantje de Jong (58), Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berend Termaat (68), Putten
• Christiaan Wegerif (0), Apeldoorn
• Adriaan Oele (66), Kloetinge gem. Goes Zld. NL
• Coleta Labeeuw (81), Hulste
• Berend Termaat (68), Putten
• Andrew J. Chumley Lyngar (61), Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas
• Bernard Welman (57), Losser (marke)
• Adriana Anna Petronella Remmert (56), Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1902 » Luther Evans, American political scientist and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian engineer († 1982)
• 1904 » Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach († 1995)
• 1905 » Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer († 2003)
• 1905 » Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1993)
• 1908 » František Douda, Czech shot putter († 1990)
• 1908 » Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1909 » Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist († 1992)
• 1910 » Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator († 1993)

• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Jantje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

The temperature on October 23, 1906 was between 8.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.