About the day » Thursday January 11, 1906Calender converter

• Adriana Maria Gertrudis (Sjaan) Goemans, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Aaltje Johannes Hielkema, Luinjeberd († 1931)
• Adriana Maria Gertrudis Goemans, Hillegom, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1989)
• Anna Beatrix Caenen, Veldwezelt († 1972)
• Abraham Voshol, St Annaland († 1993)
• Anna Cornelia Suijkerbuijk, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriana Johanna de Joode, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Claassen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham VAN DE RIET, Leegkerk Groningen Netherlands († 1983)
• * Gijsbertus van Oel, Aarlanderveen

• Aaltje Kluit (75)
• Anna Christina Verhoeven (91), Alkmaar
• (61), Didam (Didam, GLD, NL)
• Aaltje Koenderink (82), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltjen Koenderink (82), Coevorden
• Anna Alida Maria van der Burg (1), Bergschenhoek
• Aleida van Laar (74), Soest
• Antonia Schleif (61), Didam
• Antonia Slief (61), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendricus Swartjes (1), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1901 » Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot († 1988)
• 1902 » Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer († 1986)
• 1903 » Alan Paton, South African author and activist († 1988)
• 1905 » Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist († 1960)
• 1906 » Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD († 2008)
• 1907 » Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher († 1972)
• 1907 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France († 1982)
• 1908 » Lionel Stander, American actor and activist († 1994)
• 1910 » Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player († 1999)
• 1910 » Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician († 1966)

• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1928 » Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
• 1931 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)

• 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 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
• 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 11, 1906 was between 2.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.