Bißmeyer-Bissmeyer-Bismeyer-Bismeijer Family » Henry Curtis "Harry" Williams (1906-)

Birthday March 1, 1906

• The temperature on March 1, 1906 was between 0.8 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader († 1944)
• 1904 » Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1905 » Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer († 2000)
• 1906 » Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam († 2000)
• 1909 » Eugene Esmonde, English lieutenant and pilot († 1942)
• 1909 » Winston Sharples, American pianist and composer († 1978)