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• Adam Hendrik ter Horst, Arnhem
• Adriana Heijl, Hooge Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Adriaantje de Koning, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Aalje Kruijer, Paddepoel, gem. Adorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Alfonzo Akelund, Fremont, Wayne, Utah, United States († 1973)
• Adrianus Henricus (Janus) van Oers, Boxtel, Nederland († 1993)
• Alice Pattyn, Beveren-Roeselare († 1985)
• Adriana Josephina HAVERMANS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1981)
• Amerentia Petronella van Strien, Raamsdonk († 1995)
• Aaltje Hondebrink, almelo

• Albert S. Stratton (82), Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
• Aaltje Muller (31), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolf Dresens (42), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Bartha Boertien (36), Hollandscheveld
• Abraham Herman Voetelink (15), Steenwijk
• johanna lieman (59), tonsel
• Barbara Winey (75), Fayette Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Ann Middleton (Dibble) (65), Cullompton, Tiverton, Devon, Great Britain
• Annegien Boer (3), Dalen
• Anthony VanderWeele (64), Sheboygan, Wisconsin

• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Catherine Lacey, English actress († 1979)
• 1904 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)
• 1905 » Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer († 1999)
• 1906 » André Weil, French mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach († 1998)
• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)

• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

• 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.
• April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
• September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

The temperature on May 6, 1906 was between 3.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.