About the day » Friday July 20, 1906Calender converter

• ?? Bontenbal, Zevenhuizen († 1906)
• Adriana de Keijzer, Linschoten († 1995)
• Anje Venema, Hoogemeeden gem. Aduard
• Adriana Lasaroms, Hoeven,Gemeents Halderberge,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Alida Nuysink, Loosduinen, gem. 's-Gravenhage († 1997)
• Anna Maria Visschers, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1972)
• Aaltje Wolfs, Lemmer († 1996)
• amarinus bastiaan SNOEK, almkerk († 1985)
• Albertus Westerbeek, Eesveen (Steenwijkerwold) († 1976)
• Ada Mae Stephens, Columbus County, North Carolina († 1967)

• Alexandre Pierre Jacques Marckelbach (81), Schaarbeek, Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
• Arend Jan Kers (55), Voorst (Gem. Twello)
• Anje van der Lande (68), Bedum
• Aaltje Thijsd Wink (53), Zutphen, ge.nld
• Antonia Johanna Borst (7), Amsterdam
• Ann Capon (77), East Grinstead, Sussex, England
• Adrianus van EMMENES (49), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend van der Struik (2), Steenwijk
• Adriaan Broeksmit (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ANTHONIA HOOGERWERF (67), VLAARDINGEN

• 1900 » Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach († 1967)
• 1901 » Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies († 1975)
• 1901 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
• 1901 » Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding († 1996)
• 1902 » Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist († 1995)
• 1905 » Joseph Levis, American foil fencer († 2005)
• 1909 » Eric Rowan, South African cricketer († 1993)
• 1910 » Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer († 2004)
• 1911 » Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer († 1941)
• 1911 » José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator († 1985)

• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)

• 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.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on July 20, 1906 was between 9.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.