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Birthday December 13, 1906

• The temperature on December 13, 1906 was between 0.4 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic († 2007)
• 1906 » Laurens van der Post, South African-English soldier and author († 1996)
• 1906 » Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark († 1968)
• 1908 » Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist († 1958)
• 1908 » Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian and activist († 1995)
• 1908 » Van Heflin, American actor († 1971)