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Birthday June 7, 1906

• The temperature on June 7, 1906 was between 6.1 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » James J. Braddock, American lieutenant and boxer († 1974)
• 1906 » Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader († 1963)
• 1907 » Sigvard Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg († 2002)
• 1909 » Jessica Tandy, English-American actress († 1994)
• 1909 » Peter W. Rodino, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 2005)
• 1909 » Virginia Apgar, American anesthesiologist and pediatrician, developed the Apgar test († 1974)