Genealogische data Golse Genen » Anna Wilhelmina Maria van Veen (1906-)

Birthday June 15, 1906

• The temperature on June 15, 1906 was between 9.5 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • 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.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst († 1994)
• 1906 » Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author († 1985)
• 1906 » Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer († 1994)
• 1907 » James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator († 1975)
• 1909 » Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator († 2002)
• 1910 » David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)