Genealogische data Golse Genen » Johannes Jacobus Compen (1906-)

Birthday December 21, 1906

• The temperature on December 21, 1906 was between -6.0 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Käte Fenchel, German mathematician († 1983)
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• 1911 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player († 1947)
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