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Birthday November 8, 1906

• The temperature on November 8, 1906 was between 7.8 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • 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 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)
• 1904 » Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian († 1990)
• 1908 » Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1910 » James McCormack, American general († 1975)
• 1911 » Al Brosch, American golfer († 1975)
• 1911 » Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat († 1991)