About the day » Sunday December 30, 1906Calender converter

• Adriana Maria Duijvesteijn, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• * Willem Marinus Overheul, Schiedam
• Anne Haaima, Ee
• Alvin Agee Kurtz ****, Salem, Marion, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Aleida Geertruida Hermina Schoenaker, Vierakker, Warnsveld († 1991)
• Aagje Margarete Stabij, Rath (Dld.)
• Adrianus van Moorsel, Helmond
• Adrianus Benjamin de Witte, Rotterdam († 1924)
• Adrianus van de WATER, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Andr. Petrus Wilhelmus Cornelis van der Geer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)

• Anna Carolina Rondaij (33), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Scheepers (75), Linne
• Angela Georgin Burdett (92)
• Antonetta Joosten (58), Sevenum
• Aaltje Snippe (1), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen), Nederland
• Anna Zaccaria (14), Aiello Calabro, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
• Adriana Cornelia Ariesd. Weeda (84), Anna Paulowna (NH Nederland)
• Albert Meinders (72), Hijkersmilde, Smilde
• Aagje Zuurmond (44), Scheveningen
• Angela Georgina Burdett (92)

• 1899 » Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard († 2001)
• 1904 » Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic († 1987)
• 1905 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet, author, and playwright († 1942)
• 1906 » Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter († 1997)
• 1906 » Carol Reed, English director and producer († 1976)
• 1910 » Paul Bowles, American composer and author († 1999)
• 1911 » Jeanette Nolan, American actress († 1998)
• 1913 » Elyne Mitchell, Australian author († 2002)
• 1913 » Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer († 1996)
• 1914 » Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host († 1992)

• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
• 1928 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• 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 December 30, 1906 was between -11.2 °C and -3.8 °C and averaged -7.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.