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Died on Friday October 19, 1906
- Adriaan Verbrugge (75), Wolphaartsdijk
- Ana Pinto (6), Lapa, Paraná, Brasil
- Adriaan Adriaanssen (75), Hooge en Lage Mierde,Noord Brabant,Netherlands
- Alexandrine Deutrich (74), St. Petersburg
- Antonius Arnoldus Gerardus Jansen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Angela Maria Kaiser (27), Zutphen
- van de Wouw (0), Tilburg
- Spin (72), Havelterberg
- Abraham Troost (62), Oud-Beijerland
- Aaltje van 't Veer (64), Assendelft NH NL
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 19, 1906 at Delpher
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- De Sumatra post
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Middelburgsche courant
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Algemeen Handelsblad
Born on October 19
- 1900 » Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player († 1991)
- 1900 » Erna Berger, German soprano and actress († 1990)
- 1901 » Arleigh Burke, American admiral († 1996)
- 1903 » Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor († 1971)
- 1907 » Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer († 1962)
- 1908 » Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1981)
- 1909 » Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic († 1975)
- 1910 » Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher († 1980)
- 1910 » Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player († 2009)
- 1910 » Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
Died on October 19
- 1889 » Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838)
- 1897 » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
- 1901 » Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)
- 1905 » Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843)
- 1916 » Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)
- 1918 » Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
- 1924 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
- 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
- 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
- 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
Names that were popular for boys in 1906
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Jacob
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1906
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Marie
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.
- 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.
- September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
- October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
- December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
The weather on Friday October 19, 1906
The temperature on October 19, 1906 was between 5.3 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI