About the day » Friday December 14, 1906Calender converter

• Anna Sophia de Waal, Rotterdam
• Aart Van Lienden, Tiel († 1907)
• Anna Appolonia Vanleeuw, Kozen, België
• * Cornelia Johanna (Cor) Godart, Borgerhout († 1978)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Van Mil, Kethel,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Helena Overberg, Nieuw Schoonebeek († 1998)
• Anna Maria Constantia Gilen, Velm, België († 1912)
• abraham jacobus stoutjesdijk, zierikzee
• Afina Henderika SMIT, Ulrum
• SLAGTER, Ruinen († 1906)

• Anna Theresia Brants (77), Zerkegem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Abraham Cornelis (58), Biervliet, Zeeland, NL
• Albertje KONING (55), Dwingeloo
• Anna Maria Deel (69), Bozum
• Aagje Zwart (69), Velsen
• Aaltje Snippe (1), Noord, Hoogeveen
• Adriana van Loon (69), Raamsdonk
• Angenita Albarta OUSEN (71), Zoelmond (gemeente Beusichem)
• Abraham Harmens de Haas (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Berkhout (66), Haarlem

• 1901 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player († 1987)
• 1901 » Paul of Greece († 1964)
• 1902 » Frances Bavier, American actress († 1989)
• 1902 » Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1988)
• 1903 » Walter Rangeley, English sprinter († 1982)
• 1904 » Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist († 2003)
• 1908 » Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player († 2001)
• 1908 » Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1908 » Morey Amsterdam, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1909 » Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)

• 1873 » Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807)
• 1878 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (b. 1843)
• 1912 » Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Phil Waller, Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)
• 1920 » George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)

• 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 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on December 14, 1906 was between 0.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.