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Birthday October 6, 1906

• The temperature on October 6, 1906 was between 12.4 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • 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.
  • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1905 » Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter († 1998)
• 1906 » Janet Gaynor, American actress († 1984)
• 1906 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach († 1946)
• 1908 » Carole Lombard, American actress († 1942)
• 1908 » Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic († 1989)