About the day » Monday December 31, 1906Calender converter

• Aaltje VEENHOVEN, Wijster (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Groen, Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Aloijsius Antonius Mol, Princenhage (Breda) (Noord-Brabant)
• Albertus Johannes Kreuger, Groningen
• Anje Arends, Emmen
• Adhemar Hector DUYVEJONCK, Zwevezele († 1982)
• Aagje Groen, Egmond aan Zee († 1971)
• Adam Noordam, Maasland, Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Juliana Tichelaar, Makkum
• Ane Albertus KUIPERS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• Antonia van der Bosch (70), Polsbroek
• van Blokhuijsen (0), 's-Gravenzande
• Agatha van Duijn (6), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert MEINDERS (72), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Kunneke (77), Harmelen
• Annechien van Polen (60), Makkum (FRL)
• Aaltje Wiegers ten Hoeve (93), Haskerland(FR)
• Ana Elisabeth Lenaerts (80), Weert-Meerssen (Meerssen), Limburg, Nederland
• Antoon Willem OUWEJAN (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• leenderd vogelzang (67), den haag

• 1901 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek educator and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1982)
• 1902 » Roy Goodall, English footballer († 1982)
• 1904 » William Heynes, English engineer († 1989)
• 1905 » Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1905 » Jule Styne, English-American composer († 1994)
• 1908 » Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist († 2000)
• 1910 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1910 » Enrique Maier, Spanish tennis player († 1981)

• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 » Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)

• 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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• 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.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.

The temperature on December 31, 1906 was between -6.5 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.