About the day » Saturday January 20, 1906Calender converter

• Aaltje DORLAND, Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Aaltje Benjamins, Enschede († 1906)
• Hermanna Jantina Rubing, Borger († 1966)
• Aalbert Van Den Broek, Barneveld-Esveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Albert Drost, Stadskanaal
• Adrianus Petrus Smit, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Johnson († 1972)
• Alice MARENNE († 1956)
• Allegonda Johanna Gerrits, Gassel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• AALBERT VAN DEN BROEK, Esveld (Barneveld) († 1945)

• Catharina (Kaatje) van Tijn (86), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Derks (76), Neerbosch, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Koning (3), Houwerzijl, gem. Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Roelofs Haijes (64), no.428, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Delien (71), Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Aart Fransen (72), Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Albertus Karsenberg (26), Almelo
• Alodie Dubois de Bellejame (58), château de la Gondelaine, Contres, Loir-et-Cher, France
• Barbera Rudi (61)
• Antje Visscher (67), Den Helder

• 1899 » Clarice Cliff, English potter († 1972)
• 1900 » Colin Clive, English actor († 1937)
• 1900 » Dorothy Annan, English painter, potter, and muralist († 1983)
• 1902 » Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army volunteer († 1920)
• 1902 » Leon Ames, American actor († 1993)
• 1906 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate († 1975)
• 1907 » Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer († 2000)
• 1908 » Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator († 2009)
• 1909 » Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist († 1989)
• 1910 » Joy Adamson, Austria-born Kenyan painter and author († 1980)

• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Jantje

• 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.
• 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 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

The temperature on January 20, 1906 was between 0.7 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.