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Birthday March 27, 1906

• The temperature on March 27, 1906 was between -0.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright († 1950)
• 1905 » Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American author and engineer († 1980)
• 1905 » Leroy Carr, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1935)
• 1905 » Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German general († 1980)
• 1906 » Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer († 1969)
• 1909 » Golo Mann, German historian and author († 1994)