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Born on Saturday April 28, 1906
Died on Saturday April 28, 1906

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 28, 1906 at Delpher


Born on April 28
  • 1901 » H. B. Stallard, English runner and surgeon († 1973)
  • 1902 » Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic († 1979)
  • 1906 » Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic († 1978)
  • 1906 » Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist († 1999)
  • 1908 » Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower († 1987)
  • 1908 » Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster († 1981)
  • 1908 » Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman († 1974)
  • 1909 » Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist († 1988)
  • 1910 » Sam Merwin, Jr., American author († 1996)
  • 1911 » Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright († 1999)

Died on April 28

Names that were popular for boys in 1906
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1906
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1906
  • 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.
  • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Weather April 28, 1906

The temperature on April 28, 1906 was between 0.4 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI