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Birthday September 5, 1906

• The temperature on September 5, 1906 was between 13.1 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • 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.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
  • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author († 1983)
• 1905 » Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician († 2005)
• 1905 » Maurice Challe, French general († 1979)
• 1906 » Ralston Crawford, American painter, lithographer, and photographer († 1978)
• 1906 » Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1995)