Merricks Tree » Lizzie Whyte Duthie (1906-1986)

Birthday June 6, 1906

• The temperature on June 6, 1906 was between 4.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °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 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.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • 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.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.

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)