Genealogy Wylie » Olender Jones (1906-1981)

Birthday September 28, 1906

• The temperature on September 28, 1906 was between 2.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
  • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Haywood S. Hansell, American general († 1988)
• 1905 » Max Schmeling, German boxer († 2005)
• 1907 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist († 1931)
• 1907 » Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast and physician († 1997)
• 1909 » Al Capp, American author and illustrator († 1979)
• 1910 » Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines († 1997)