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Born on Friday February 9, 1906
- Anna Barbara Douven, Kerkrade († 1989)
- 11 Petrus Wilhelmus van den Berg, De Lier, Nederland († 1996)
- Anna Judith Elisabeth de Marees van Swinderen, Washington,,Dc,United States
- Alphonsus TAELS, Veerle Belgie
- Aasje van der PLAS, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 2002)
- Adriana SCHEEPENS, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
- Aleida Maria Catharina Josephina Rijgersberg, 's Gravenhage
- Adrianus Henricus Maria Vermulst, Helmond († 1940)
- Adriana Delfos, Leiden
- Alberdina Klompmakers, Vlagtwedde († 1977)
Died on Friday February 9, 1906
- Anne Maria Virginie Julie SEGERS (30), Diest,3290,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
- Amelia Francisca WERBROUCK (74), Roeselare
- Anna Tepper (34), groningen
- Anna Oosterhuis (19), Wagenborgen
- Adrianus de Klerk (86), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
- Amelia Francisca Werbrouck (74), Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Abraham Slijkhuis (0), Leiden
- Aafje Sonneveld (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Andries van Rooijen (0), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
- Anna von Troyer zu Thurn und Aufkirchen (69), Graz, Autriche
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 9, 1906 at Delpher
Born on February 9
- 1901 » Brian Donlevy, American actor († 1972)
- 1901 » James Murray, American actor († 1936)
- 1905 » David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician († 1981)
- 1906 » André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist († 1999)
- 1907 » Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic († 2003)
- 1907 » Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam († 1988)
- 1909 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer († 1955)
- 1909 » Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State († 1994)
- 1909 » Heather Angel, English-American actress († 1986)
- 1910 » Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
Died on February 9
- 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
- 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
- 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
- 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
- 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
- 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
- 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
- 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
- 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
- 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
Names that were popular for boys in 1906
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Dirk
- Hendrikus
- Wilhelmus
- Arie
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1906
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Jantje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1906
- 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 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
- September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
- September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
- September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
Weather February 9, 1906
The temperature on February 9, 1906 was between -2.2 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.