Descendants Lavarne » Aaltje Jansen (1906-)

Birthday June 17, 1906

• The temperature on June 17, 1906 was between 12.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie († 1977)
• 1904 » J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian († 1988)
• 1904 » Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician († 1989)
• 1904 » Ralph Bellamy, American actor († 1991)
• 1907 » Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1909 » Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota († 2004)