About the day » Tuesday May 29, 1906Calender converter

• Alfred Ernest BOORE, Brighon, Sussex († 1986)
• Albert de Jonge, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen
• Adriana Johanna Burgman, Nieuwer Amstel († 1973)
• Antje Annetta Doornbos, Appingedam
• Antje Bos, Pieterzijl († 1977)
• Alice M. PLUM, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1994)
• Ada Louisa Milkins, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia († 1997)
• Adriana Barta Lablans, Amersfoort
• Alida Magdalena Pattyn, Ardooie
• Johanna Maria Schel, Den Haag

• Adriana Kouters (70), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Adriaan Lich (70), Veenhuizen (gem. Stadskanaal)
• Anna Cornelia Denis (75), Berchem,, Antwerpen, België
• Barzilla H Thomas (83), Kickapoo Town, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States
• Arie van Zelm (31), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Luinge (77), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annechien Alberts Luinge (77), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Albertje van der Heide (50), Enumatil, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Swaanswijk (58), haarlem (noord holland)
• Florentina Triest (69), St. Jansteen

• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)
• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)
• 1903 » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer († 2003)
• 1904 » Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician († 1996)
• 1905 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright († 1994)
• 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
• 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)
• 1908 » Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1910 » Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician († 1978)
• 1913 » Tony Zale, American boxer († 1997)

• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)

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.
• March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
• April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• 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 May 29, 1906 was between 11.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.