Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Petronella Maria de GROOT (1906-)

Birthday May 16, 1906

• The temperature on May 16, 1906 was between 5.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
  • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • 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.