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Birthday April 11, 1906

• The temperature on April 11, 1906 was between 6.3 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • 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.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • 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 » K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor († 1947)
• 1905 » Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator († 1937)
• 1906 » Dale Messick, American author and illustrator († 2005)
• 1907 » Paul Douglas, American actor († 1959)
• 1908 » Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge († 2007)
• 1908 » Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony († 1997)