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Birthday December 23, 1906

• The temperature on December 23, 1906 was between -10.4 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Charan Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India († 1987)
• 1902 » Norman Maclean, American author and academic († 1990)
• 1907 » Avraham Stern, Polish Zionist leader († 1942)
• 1907 » James Roosevelt, American general and politician († 1991)
• 1907 » Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet († 2005)
• 1908 » Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer († 2002)