About the day » Wednesday February 28, 1906Calender converter

• "Margaretha" Greta Hylkes Greta Hylkes, Oostermeer († 1999)
• Allene Adis Cheek, Magoffin County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Adrianus Christianus Cobelens, Amsterdam Noord holland († 2000)
• Abraham Emmerik, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Ailtje Sijtsema, Zuidlaren († 1979)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Bakkum, Alkmaar († 1912)
• Alida Adriana Josepha Maria Corman, Linne
• Aagje Aafje den Ouden, Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Hofman, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Rintje Krijn Sijtsma, Akkrum

• Antje Jelles Poort (61)
• Anna Hendrika Beijnes (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Koeman (9), Purmerend, NH, Nederland
• Alida ♀ Wielart (82), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Roelof Strijker (11), Geldermalsen
• Anna Maria Gerritsma (0), Dusseldorf, Dld
• Adriana Johanna Hermse (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, N-Br, NL
• Abraham Nicolaas Smith (1), Waddinxveen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Thoer (73), Nederweert
• Adolphus Vandevoorde (14), Wingene

• 1898 » Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer († 1969)
• 1900 » Wolf Hirth, German pilot and engineer, co-founded Schempp-Hirth († 1959)
• 1901 » Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster († 1947)
• 1907 » Milton Caniff, American cartoonist († 1988)
• 1908 » Billie Bird, American actress († 2002)
• 1909 » Stephen Spender, English author and poet († 1995)
• 1911 » Otakar Vávra, Czech director and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1915 » Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)

• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
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 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.

The temperature on February 28, 1906 was between 0.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.