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Birthday June 6, 1906

• The temperature on June 6, 1906 was between 3.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor († 1978)
• 1903 » Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist, well-known bible teacher and preacher († 2000)
• 1906 » Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic († 1993)
• 1907 » Bill Dickey, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1907 » Robin Humphreys, British scholar of Latin America († 1999)
• 1908 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver († 1968)