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Birthday January 13, 1906

• The temperature on January 13, 1906 was between 4.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 17.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
  • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Dick Rowley, Irish footballer, centre forward († 1984)
• 1904 » Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer († 1992)
• 1904 » Richard Addinsell, English composer († 1977)
• 1905 » Jack London, English sprinter and pianist († 1966)
• 1905 » Kay Francis, American actress († 1968)
• 1906 » Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic († 2017)