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Birthday April 16, 1906

• The temperature on April 16, 1906 was between -2.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • 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.)
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer († 1983)
• 1905 » Frits Philips, Dutch businessman († 2005)
• 1907 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician († 1947)
• 1907 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. († 1964)
• 1908 » Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist († 2004)
• 1908 » Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader († 1979)