About the day » Friday August 17, 1906Calender converter

• Adriana Maria Noordam, Bergschenhoek
• Anna Maria Houthuijsen, Rotterdam
• Albertus Bouman, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1908)
• Antonie Pieter van Alphen, Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1998)
• Aline Powell, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Alfred Ian Lennox Maitland, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland († 1989)
• Aise Luurs, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VAN KAMPEN, Bedum Groningen Netherlands († 1906)
• Adriana Jaspers, Hoeven († 1946)
• Agatha Roozendaal, Harenkarspel († 2006)

• Arent Potkamp (45), IJsselmuiden {OV}
• Benedictus Verbeeck (61), Aalst, Alost, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Clasina de Graaf (0), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Boogaers (57), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnold Stenvers (64), Enschede
• Cornelia van Wijnen (76), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Verbeek (41), Culemborg
• Cornelis Geerts Heetebrij (28), Zwartsluis
• Alfred Edward Kelson (1), Crickhowell, Breconshire
• Arthur Désiré Haagen (0), Turnhout, België

• 1900 » Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist († 1991)
• 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)
• 1904 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist († 1991)
• 1904 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician († 1984)
• 1909 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1985)
• 1909 » Wilf Copping, English footballer († 1980)
• 1911 » Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer († 2010)
• 1911 » Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer († 1995)
• 1913 » Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 2008)
• 1913 » Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver († 1989)

• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)

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 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on August 17, 1906 was between 10.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.