About the day » Tuesday December 4, 1906Calender converter

• Verschuren, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Ymker, Douglas Co., South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Aart Dusseldorp († 1973)
• Adriana Dirkje Anker, Stolwijk († 1999)
• Aartje Dalhuizen, Olst († 1907)
• Adolphe Honoré Emile De Beir, Brugge (BE) († 1916)
• Muller, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1906)
• Anna de Korte, Kortgene († 1989)
• Aileen Ellem († 1906)
• Alberic Rommens, Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1993)

• Anje Schuur (39), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Agatha Hennink (82), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Annigje de Winter (75), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Tak (79), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland
• Anna catharina Groet (81), Den Haag
• Antje Meester (20), Andijk, Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Tak (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Henri Guillaume van Munching (0), Harderwijk, Gelderland, NL
• Antonetta van Zundert (69), Princenhage
• Anna Maria Huijbregts (66), Tilburg

• 1899 » Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager († 1953)
• 1899 » Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician († 1934)
• 1903 » Cornell Woolrich, American author († 1968)
• 1904 » Albert Norden, German journalist and politician († 1982)
• 1908 » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1910 » Alex North, American composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1910 » R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India († 2009)
• 1912 » Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1988)
• 1913 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer († 1978)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

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.
• January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
• April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• 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.

The temperature on December 4, 1906 was between 1.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.