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Birthday April 3, 1906

• The temperature on April 3, 1906 was between -0.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter († 1988)
• 1904 » Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman († 1999)
• 1904 » Russel Wright, American furniture designer († 1976)
• 1904 » Sally Rand, American dancer († 1979)
• 1905 » Robert Sink, American general († 1965)
• 1909 » Stanislaw Ulam, Polish-American mathematician and academic († 1984)