About the day » Wednesday January 24, 1906Calender converter

• Anna Jurriena Visser, Groningen († 1949)
• Alida Geertruida Maria Maat
• Antonetta Hendrika van de Wetering, Sint-Oedenrode († 1999)
• ?? Bunt, (GL) Stroe († 1906)
• (Stillborn) VAN DIJKEN, Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 1906)
• Albert John Schook, Williams, Hamilton, Iowa, United States
• Antje Krul, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Addington H Smith, New York († 1980)
• Anthony Fred SHORT, Decatur Macon County Illinois U.S.A († 1967)
• Alice DOMKEN, Leuven, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Flanders, Belgie († 1932)

• Annigje ten Cate gr (81), Borgercompagnie {GR} (Sappemeer)
• Antoinette ODER (0), KAW
• Antonius (Antal) Nöhrer (70)
• Annetje Jobse Kwak (70), Oostvoorne, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Abel BROOKMUELLER (76), Heiligenhafen/Fehmarn (DE)
• Albert Julius Oskar Schlemm (74), Schwanebeck
• ?? Bunt (0), (GL) Barneveld
• Antheunis Huijsman (69), Koudekerke, prov. Zeeland
• Adriana Cornelia Dielen (0), Goirle
• Antonius Manni + (86), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1901 » Cassandre, French painter († 1968)
• 1901 » Edward Turner, English engineer († 1973)
• 1901 » Harry Calder, South African cricketer († 1995)
• 1905 » J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman († 1995)
• 1906 » Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia († 1979)
• 1907 » Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician († 1994)
• 1907 » Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1999)
• 1909 » Martin Lings, English author and scholar († 2005)
• 1910 » Doris Haddock, American political activist († 2010)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

The temperature on January 24, 1906 was between -5.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.