About the day » Saturday May 5, 1906Calender converter

• Abraham van der Marel, Overschie († 1993)
• Middelkamp, Almelo († 1906)
• Andrew Kaduce, Merservey, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa († 1998)
• Aaltje Cornelia Biesenbeek, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Heederik, Zegwaart, South Holland, Netherlands († 1957)
• Adriana Hamelink, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Cornelia Verbaant, Hoogeloon († 1998)
• Aaltje Cornelia Biesenbeek, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Grissen, Gramsbergen († 1906)
• Anna Jonker, Losser, OV, Nederland

• Alfred J Goodman (76), Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States
• Middelkamp (0), Almelo
• Ariaantje Alberts van Keimpema (80), Vrouwenparochie
• Grissen (0), Gramsbergen
• Antje Uilkes Altena (87), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abraham Alderfer Clymer (14), Drowned with brother
• Antie de Wild (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonius Gisbertus Enkenvoort, Van (65), Broekhuizen
• Aaltje Drost (34), Apeldoorn
• Antje Klijn (87), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1903 » James Beard, American chef and author († 1985)
• 1905 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1906 » Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1907 » Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author († 1982)
• 1908 » Kurt Böhme, German opera singer († 1989)
• 1909 » Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author († 1944)
• 1910 » Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1911 » Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player († 2010)
• 1911 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1911 » Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist († 1932)

• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)

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.
• March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on May 5, 1906 was between 6.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.