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Birthday September 6, 1906

• The temperature on September 6, 1906 was between 13.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1908 » Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic († 1995)
• 1908 » Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial († 1982)
• 1909 » Michael Gordon, American actor and director († 1993)
• 1910 » Walter Giesler, American soccer player, referee, and coach († 1976)
• 1911 » Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach († 2004)