Genealogy Van der Schuit » Levenloze dochter van der Mei (1906-1906)

Birthday February 22, 1906

• The temperature on February 22, 1906 was between -1.8 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (40%). 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.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
  • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright († 1990)
• 1906 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter († 1991)
• 1907 » Robert Young, American actor († 1998)
• 1907 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)
• 1908 » John Mills, English soldier and actor († 2005)
• 1908 » Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela († 1981)