Genealogy Haring » Johannes Bot (1906-)

Birthday June 3, 1906

• The temperature on June 3, 1906 was between 8.8 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
  • 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.
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
  • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
  • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
  • 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

• 1904 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon († 1950)
• 1905 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer († 1946)
• 1906 » Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative († 1975)
• 1906 » R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician († 1983)
• 1906 » Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer († 1968)
• 1907 » Paul Rotha, English director and producer († 1984)