Genealogiebestand Heemkundekring Loon op 't Sandt » Elisabeth Cornelia Meijers (1906-)

Birthday January 25, 1906

• The temperature on January 25, 1906 was between -3.6 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
  • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » Hsieh Tung-min, Taiwanese politicians and Vice President of the Republic of China († 2001)
• 1910 » Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian, author, and politician, Estonian Minister of Education († 1984)