About the day » Thursday December 20, 1906Calender converter

• Agnes Cathrina Geertruida Menke, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Poulie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• (Laura) Florence Henry, Kansas († 1983)
• Adriaan Kooren († 1992)
• Alberdina Johanna BRUNSVELD, Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Ambt, IJzevoorde († 1986)
• Adriaantje Stolk, Rotterdam († 1981)
• Andries Willem van Zomeren, Apeldoorn († 1907)
• Alexander Jacobus Van De Sande, Oorderen
• Aart van Staalduinen, Naaldwijk, Nederland
• ??- Belksma, (FR) Franekeradeel

• Anton Cankar (0)
• Berendina Berends van der Weide (0), Hoogeveen
• Catharina (Kataryna) Hermina (Herremijna) van Es (78), Rotterdam
• Annegie Doornbusch (58), Groningen
• Albert Moes (51), Assen
• Anna Crommelinck (1), Moortsele
• Agnes Clarisse Nierstrasz (54), utrecht
• Hoek (0), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegje Doornbusch (58), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendina van der Weide (0)

• 1901 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator († 1967)
• 1902 » Prince George, Duke of Kent († 1942)
• 1902 » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1904 » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1984)
• 1904 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author († 1977)
• 1905 » Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1992)
• 1907 » Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter († 1984)
• 1908 » Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer († 1994)
• 1909 » Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician († 2000)
• 1911 » Hortense Calisher, American author († 2009)

• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)
• 1927 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 » Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)

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.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.

The temperature on December 20, 1906 was between -2.3 and 1.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.