Clarke Family Tree » Alexandra Margaret Elizabeth Spencer (1906-1996)

Birthday July 4, 1906

• The temperature on July 4, 1906 was between 12.8 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • 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.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator († 1975)
• 1905 » Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant († 1996)
• 1906 » Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist († 1993)
• 1907 » Howard Taubman, American author and critic († 1996)
• 1907 » John Anderson, American discus thrower († 1948)